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Women Who Run
Women run for all kinds of reasons -- for health, to ease the tension, for strength, to challenge themselves, to be social with friends, as professional athletes or the dream of being one, to turn their minds on, and to turn them off. Whether running a marathon, taking a quick jog around the neighborhood, or trying to reach the top of Pikes Peak, women of all ages and abil...more
Paperback, 177 pages
Published
June 30th 2006
by Seal Press
(first published June 9th 2006)
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A quick read, but VERY inspirational stuff. I highly recommend this to any female runner (and hey, any dudes as well - you guys like strong chicks, yea?) The ladies in this book are so incredible. You think running a marathon is hard? They probably don’t even break a sweat on a measly 26.2 miles…
I know I’ll never be a professional athlete, but these women at least inspire me to surpass what I believe are my physical limits.
I know I’ll never be a professional athlete, but these women at least inspire me to surpass what I believe are my physical limits.
Elizabeth
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I found the writing pretty poor and a lot of the stories annoying - women who had hours each day to devote to running and who also happened to be awesome at it. I did appreciate the real people stories- the overweight runner, the slow runner.
Raegan Rinchiuso
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This is a book that I don't read from beginning to end. Since it's a collection of essays, I usually pick it up when I'm between books. I really like it so far. It gives me that passion for my training when it starts to wane.
I picked up this book while at a friend's house, as the title was interetsing to me. it's a nonfiction piece with about 15 stories of women runners. It was inspiring and a very fast read.
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I love this book - so inspirational and amazing!
Quick read, but very inspiring.
I know my last review said I was getting ambivalent about these Seal Press books, which is why it's funny that my random number generator picked this one for me to read next. I enjoy books about running, they always get me motivated and excited for whatever races and training I have coming up. I like how this book profiled women who were both super fast and also women who are normal like me.
Kathy Simpson
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Recommends it for:
Women looking for motivation to run, or women looking for good stories about other women runners
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Found it at Stacy's on Market when I was browsing for a book to
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Inspirational stories about highly motivated and driven runners... and they're all women. This book is a must read for all women who run, especially if you're looking for that extra push out the door with your running shoes on. Granted, it wont make you look like the woman on the cover, but it will make you feel like her... and it will make you want to go as fast as she does. Highly recommended.
Loved this book! So inspiring to read about these amazing women who fought to bring women's running into the olympics or to fight a personal struggle. I truely enjoyed reading each story. And the interesting one was of the man who had a sex change to a woman. Reading how estrogen slowed him down was fascinating.
I read it for motivation. It was nice and had interesting stories of the women featured in the book. One thing for me that I would have liked was more about "normal" women who run and how they make it happen. It was more about "SUPER" duper amazing women runners. Still inspiring and interesting.
B The writing wasn't that engaging, but of course I love to read about running. The author herself has only been a runner for 2 years but she profiles different runners and different types of runners--ultramarathons, regular women, and profiles them, along with little write-ups.
This has some very inspiring stories of female runners.
Very inspiring even for 'non runners.'
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