Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World (Unabridged) Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World (Unabridged)

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World (Unabridged‪)‬

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    • $14.99

Publisher Description

* A New York Times Bestseller
* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Award
* A Financial Times Best Sports Book of 2023

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes

“Women’s sports have needed a manifesto for a very long time, and with Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl we finally have one.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and David and Goliath

Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. One of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women’s running for Nike before leaving to shake up the industry with feminist running brand Oiselle and now coaches elite young female runners. Every step of the way, she has seen the way that our sports systems—originally designed by men, for men and boys—fail young women and girls as much as empower them. Girls drop out of sports at alarming rates once they hit puberty, and female collegiate athletes routinely fall victim to injury, eating disorders, or mental health struggles as they try to force their way past a natural dip in performance for women of their age.

Part memoir, part manifesto, Good for a Girl is Fleshman’s story of falling in love with running as a girl, being pushed to her limits and succumbing to devastating injuries, and daring to fight for a better way for female athletes. Long gone are the days when women and girls felt lucky just to participate; Fleshman and women everywhere are waking up to the reality that they’re running, playing, and competing in a world that wasn’t made for them. Drawing on not only her own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes, of any gender, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild our systems of competitive sport with women at their center.

Written with heart and verve, Good for a Girl is a joyful love letter to the running life, a raw personal narrative of growth and change, and a vital call to reimagine sports for young women.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
LF
Lauren Fleshman
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:56
hr min
RELEASED
2023
January 10
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
488.8
MB

Customer Reviews

ebsd01 ,

Relatable and powerful

As a recreational runner who grew up in the world of competitive sport I found this story from Lauren incredibly relatable and provoking as I reflected on my own experiences with coaches and running culture. Lauren was a great companion on my long runs and I finished the book feeling incredibly empowered to do my part to continue the work around women in running.

hotdoggler ,

Everything I wish I’d known

I laughed, I cried, I seethed, I rejoiced. This book helped me identify why the sport failed me but also made me remember why I fell in love with it in the first place. Every young athlete (especially women) should read this book.

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