{"product_id":"better-faster-farther-how-running-changed-everything-we-know-about-women-hardcover","title":"Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Mertens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"From foot-binding to corsets, patriarchal societies have found ways to immobilize women, but now, marathoners and Olympians are proving that women can run like the wind!\" --GLORIA STEINEM \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A look behind the curtain that all women who love running and sport should read.\" --\u003cb\u003eKARA GOUCHER, Olympic runner and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore than a century ago, a woman ran in the very first modern Olympic marathon. She just did it without permission. \u003c\/i\u003eAward-winning journalist Maggie Mertens uncovers the story of how women broke into competitive running and how they are getting faster and fiercer every day--and changing our understanding of what is possible as they go.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite women proving their abilities on the track time and again, men in the medical establishment, media, and athletic associations have fought to keep women (or at least white women) fragile--and sometimes literally tried to push them out of the race (see Kathrine Switzer, Boston Marathon, 1967). Yet before there were running shoes for women, they ran barefoot or in nursing shoes. They ran without sports bras, which weren't invented until 1977, or disguised as men. They faced down doctors who put them on bed rest and newspaper reports that said women collapsed if they ran a mere eight hundred meters, just two laps around the track. Still today, women face relentless attention to their bodies: Is she too strong, too masculine? Is she even really a woman? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mertens transports us from that first boundary-breaking marathon in Greece, 1896, to the earliest \"official\" women's races of the twentieth century to today's most intense ultramarathons, in which women are setting all-out records, even against men. For readers of \u003ci\u003eGood and Mad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorn to Run\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFly Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetter Faster Farther\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the lives and the victories of the women who have redefined society's image of strength and power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An essential read to normalize women's existence, excellence, and humanity within the sport of running.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eALISON MARIELLA DÉSIR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Mertens\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, journalist, and editor located in Seattle. Her essays and reporting have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, ESPNw, \u003ci\u003eDeadspin\u003c\/i\u003e, VICE, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePacific Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, Refinery29, and \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e 2021 (Triumph Books)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen and Sports in the United States (The University of Chicago Press)\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been nominated for the 2021 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. She earned a B.A. in English Literature and Italian Studies from Smith College, and an M.F.A. in Creative-Nonfiction Writing from The New School. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.5 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47368272052402,"sku":"9781643753355","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/163c9e1baf44fe1194735050fdecf853.webp?v=1777576497","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/better-faster-farther-how-running-changed-everything-we-know-about-women-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}