Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes
By: Christine Yu
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“ Up to Speed is a roadmap and toolbox for athletes of all ages. Every coach should read it and dis…
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1. ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life
By: Selene Yeager , Stacy T. Sims
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. Because most nutrition products and tra… read more
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- self help
- sports
- nonfiction
- health
2. Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything
By: Sally McRae
4.48
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
A REAL LOOK AT STRENGTH Known worldwide for her mental fortitude, hardcore training tactics, and… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
By: Lauren Fleshman
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more
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- health
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- audiobook
"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
4. Bravey
By: Alexi Pappas
4.20
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
"Renaissance runner" (New York Times) Alexi Pappas--Olympic athlete, actress, filmmaker and writer-… read more
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- self help
- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Headed to the moon not now but soon."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
"Grit is what’s left over when nothing’s left."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
"A life can’t be replicated and it doesn’t need to be."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
"A dream come true unfolds very very gradually then all at once."-Alexi Pappas, Bravey
5. The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir
By: Caster Semenya
4.27
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and car… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team
By: Kara Goucher
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more
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- feminism
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Choosing to Run: A Memoir
By: Des Linden
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelibl… read more
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- audiobook
- health
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- sports
- self help
8. We Share the Sun: The Incredible Journey of Kenya's Legendary Running Coach Patrick Sang and the Fastest Runners on Earth
By: Sarah Gearhart
3.76
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
An enlightening biography and gripping sports narrative that takes us behind the scenes into the li… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
9. Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
By: Brad Stulberg
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset … read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us
By: Alison Mariella Désir
4.58
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimag… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery
By: Christie Aschwanden
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A New York Times Sports and Fitness Bestseller “The definitive tour through a bewildering jungle o… read more
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- audiobook
- science
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- nonfiction
- sports
- self help
12. How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It
By: Molly Huddle
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running, featuring 50 ca… read more
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- health
- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- audiobook
13. Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
By: Deena Kastor
4.36
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more
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"You can't show love by hurting others"-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
14. Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes
By: Christine Yu
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“ Up to Speed is a roadmap and toolbox for athletes of all ages. Every coach should read it and dis… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- health
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- self help
15. Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run
By: Martinus Evans
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A practical guide and a celebration of running for runners of all sizes and athletic ability, from … read more
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- health
- nonfiction
- sports
- self help
16. Everything All at Once
By: Stephanie Catudal
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Emily Halnon
4.59
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. The Price She Pays: Confronting the Hidden Mental Health Crisis in Women's Sports―from the Schoolyard to the Stadium
By: Tiffany Brown
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Two experts in mental health and sport lift the veil on the crisis in women’s athletics, offering p… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- self help
19. Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession
By: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
3.63
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
How is it that Americans are more obsessed with exercise than ever, and yet also unhealthier? Fit N… read more
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- science
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- nonfiction
- self help
20. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
By: Maggie Mertens
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive, edge-of-your-seat story of how… read more
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- science
- health
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- audiobook
21. Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America
By: Julie Dicaro
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Shrill meets Brotopia in this personal and researched look at women's rights and issues through the… read more
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- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- audiobook
