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Johanna Garton

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Born

in The United States

June 26

Website

https://www.johannagarton.com/

Genre

Sports, Nonfiction, Travel

Member Since

October 2015

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Johanna Garton is a sportswriter, distance runner, mother and cross country coach. Before the publication of her first book, she dabbled in nonprofit consulting, college teaching and had a brief but quickly extinguished career as a lawyer. Johanna has moved her family to China, been charged by an elephant, run 20-plus marathons and is addicted to sweaty, 6:00 AM yoga classes. A product of the first generation to be impacted by the passage of Title IX, she's passionate about mentoring girls and young women through their journeys in sports.

Johanna's third book, All in Stride, is the gripping story of American professional long distance runners Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir and their journey from Kenya to the United States. The book wa ...more

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We are inching closer to the release date for All in Stride! This is perhaps my favorite time in the cycle of publishing a book. A few select people begin to read the whole damn thing and I start to get feedback. All the hard work and loneliness of researching and writing disappears a bit as I prepare for the book to be out in the universe.

I’ve already been humbled by the addition of Kathrine