Bøger af Lauren Fleshman

Celebrate 10 years of running with Believe Training Journal, the best-selling comprehensive training journal from professional runners, now updated with even more wisdom, quotes, insights, and tools that will fire up every aspirational athlete's dreams and ambitions.A good running journal makes the miles make sense. Pro athletes Lauren Fleshman and Roísín McGettigan-Dumas created the original Believe Training Journal to help you become the runner you were meant to be. Now, drawing from ten more years of lived experience as coaches, researchers, counselors and parents, this incredible tool just got even better. This revised and updated edition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Believe community coming together to set goals, do the work, learn what works and what doesn’t, keep their heads in the game, overcome obstacles, identify blindspots, be kind to themselves, and enjoy the whole process. The Believe Training Journal has it all: designated grids for recording workout information as well as space to process and plan. The journal offers a full year of undated weeks, an annual calendar, worksheets, quizzes, tips and tools, and plenty of room to record your training journey. The twelve essays accompanying each month have been revised to reflect new wisdom and research, and are jampacked with lessons and insights on training, racing, recovery, mindset and more. Lauren and Ro and well over 100,000 users to date know there’s incredible power in the handwritten logging and reflection process that you won’t get online. Use this training tool to learn more from your runs, to dig deeper, to stay healthier, and to find more meaning in the journey. In the end you’ll be a wiser athlete and have a keepsake and reference for years to come.

“A call to action for the coaches, parents, and young women of future athletic generations . . . Funny, honest, and sometimes wrenching.” —The Atlantic“The rawness of Good for a Girl serves as a push to demand that the next crop of female athletes has it better.” —The Washington Post“A must read—for anyone who loves running, for anyone who has a daughter, and for anyone who cares about creating a better future for young women.” —Emily OsterOne of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. But every step of the way, she has seen how our sports systems—originally designed for men and boys—fail women and girls. Girls drop out of sports at alarming rates once they hit puberty, and female collegiate athletes routinely fall victim to injury, eating disorders, or mental health struggles as they try to force their way past a natural dip in performance for women of their age. Written with heart and verve, Good for a Girl is Fleshman’s story of falling in love with running, being pushed to her limits and succumbing to injuries, and fighting for a better way for female athletes. Drawing on not only her own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes of any gender, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild competitive sports with women at their center.

'Women's sports have needed a manifesto for a long time. With Good for a Girl we finally have one' Malcolm Gladwell 'The invitation to have a long overdue conversation for a long overdue cultural shift' Alysia Monta o, Olympian, co-founder of &Mother, and author of Feel-Good Fitness 'This is the book we've been waiting for' Kate Fagan, author of What Made Maddy RunLauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. One of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women's running for Nike before leaving to shake up the industry with feminist running brand Oiselle and coach elite young female runners. Every step of the way, she has seen how our sports systems - originally designed by men, for men and boys - fail young women and girls as much as empower them. Girls drop out of sports at alarming rates once they hit puberty, and female collegiate athletes routinely fall victim to injury, eating disorders or mental health struggles as they try to force their way past a natural dip in performance for women of their age.Part memoir, part manifesto, Good for a Girl is Fleshman's story of falling in love with running as a girl, battling devastating injuries and self-doubt, and daring to fight for a better way for female athletes. Long gone are the days when women and girls felt lucky just to participate; Fleshman and women everywhere are waking up to the reality that they're running, playing and competing in a world that wasn't made for them. Drawing not only on her own story but also on emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes of any gender, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild our systems of competitive sport with women at their centre.Written with heart and verve, Good for a Girl is a joyful love letter to the running life, a raw personal narrative of growth and change, and a vital call to reimagine sports for young women.