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Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
Journalist Maggie Mertens traces the women who challenged bans, medical myths, and cultural assumptions to transform distance running. Their stories reveal how women’s athletic achievements changed scientific ideas about endurance, strength, competition, pregnancy, and the capabilities of the female body.
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Publication date
- 2024-06-18
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781643753355
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1. Run to the Top — How Running Changed Everything We Know About WomenChecked
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2. Run Farther & Faster — Maggie Mertens and the Impact of Culture and Science on Women’s RunningChecked
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3. You’re Wrong About — Rosie Ruiz and the Marathon Women with Maggie MertensChecked