How she did it : a high-performance guide for female distance runners with stories from the women who've made it / Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Rodale, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593234259
- 0593234251
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 796.4208 H884 | Available | 33111010803050 | ||||
Adult Book | Northport Library | NonFiction | 796.4208 H884 | Available | 33111009877156 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running, featuring 50 candid interviews with women who've made it
How She Did It begins with the kind of prescriptive information that any athlete needs to be healthy and successful in the world of competitive running, with advice and findings from the nation's top bone health experts, sports endocrinologists, nutritionists, sports psychologists, and more. It's an Olympic caliber support team at your fingertips to ensure you're training and competing efficiently-and, most importantly, safely.
The book then moves into the payload- unflinching and intimate interviews with 50 well-known female runners who reveal their deepest fears, their worst choices, and their greatest achievements. Collectively, these voices are the embodiment of strength, meant to educate, inspire, motivate, and direct developing athletes who want to see how far-and how fast-they can go.
With Molly and Sara's personal stories interspersed in sidebars throughout, How She Did It serves as a friendly, encouraging mentor for anyone navigating the world of long-distance running.
"This is How She Did it--a guide for women navigating the world of distance running sourced directly from the legendary athletes who've successfully done it themselves"--Page 4 of cover.
Introduction -- part 1. The experts: Four keys to being a healthy young female runner: I. Physical health and injury prevention ; II. Hormonal health ; III. Sound nutrition ; IV. Mental health and sports psychology -- part 2. The athletes: The pioneers 1960s-1970s ; The 1980s ; The 1990s ; The early 2000s-2010 ; 2010-2020.