Better, faster, farther : how running changed everything we know about women

Author/Creator:: Mertens, Maggie, author
Publication/Creation:: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024
Format:: Book
Edition:: First edition.

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Full Title:: Better, faster, farther : how running changed everything we know about women / Maggie Mertens

Genre:: Informational works
Subjects:: Running for women
Running--Physiological aspects
Running for women--History
Women runners--History
Women runners

Table of Contents:: Introduction: Women can't run -- But not more than 100m -- But only white women -- But not a mile -- But definitely not a marathon -- But only if you train like a man -- But only "real" women -- What about the long run?
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: "Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive story of how women broke into competitive running over the last century, getting faster and fiercer with every race and changing our understanding of gender and power in athletics and beyond"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm