Good for a Girl

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‘Women’s sports have needed a manifesto for a long time. With Good for a Girl we finally have one’ Malcolm Gladwell

The invitation to have a long overdue conversation for a long overdue cultural shift’ Alysia Montaño, Olympian, co-founder of &Mother, and author of Feel-Good Fitness

This is the book we’ve been waiting for’ Kate Fagan, author of What Made Maddy Run

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 coach elite young female runners. Every step of the way, she has seen how 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, battling devastating injuries and self-doubt, 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 not only on her own story but also on 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 centre.

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.

ISBN: 9780349014418

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From the time Lauren first laced up her running shoes to dominate boys in her neighbourhood, through puberty when half of all girls abandon sports for good, into the NCAA where young women routinely starve and hurt themselves, and into elite running where she had to be ‘fast and fuckable’ to fit into the Nike machine, Lauren felt she was bumping into a system that was not made for her. She realised, as many women now have, that something is deeply off with the sports experience and that it’s high time to rebuild it without men at its centre. Lauren Fleshman – one of the fastest American women runners – explores scientific and social research while telling her own story in a bold, energetic voice. This is a time for female athletes, so it’s the time to understand their bodies and knock down the barriers that hold them back.

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Weight0.38 kg
Dimensions23 × 15.2 × 2.6 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

Export ed

Dewey

796.42092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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