How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It
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- Author：Molly Huddle
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Summary
An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running， featuring 50 candid interviews with women who've made it
How She Did It begins with the kind of prescriptive information that any athlete needs to be healthy and successful in the world of competitive running， with advice and findings from the nation's top bone health experts， sports endocrinologists， nutritionists， sports psychologists， and more。 It's an Olympic caliber support team at your fingertips to ensure you're training and competing efficiently—and， most importantly， safely。
The book then moves into the payload: unflinching and intimate interviews with 50 well-known female runners who reveal their deepest fears， their worst choices， and their greatest achievements。 Collectively， these voices are the embodiment of strength， meant to educate， inspire， motivate， and direct developing athletes who want to see how far—and how fast—they can go。
With Molly and Sara's personal stories interspersed in sidebars throughout， How She Did It serves as a friendly， encouraging mentor for anyone navigating the world of long-distance running。
How She Did It begins with the kind of prescriptive information that any athlete needs to be healthy and successful in the world of competitive running， with advice and findings from the nation's top bone health experts， sports endocrinologists， nutritionists， sports psychologists， and more。 It's an Olympic caliber support team at your fingertips to ensure you're training and competing efficiently—and， most importantly， safely。
The book then moves into the payload: unflinching and intimate interviews with 50 well-known female runners who reveal their deepest fears， their worst choices， and their greatest achievements。 Collectively， these voices are the embodiment of strength， meant to educate， inspire， motivate， and direct developing athletes who want to see how far—and how fast—they can go。
With Molly and Sara's personal stories interspersed in sidebars throughout， How She Did It serves as a friendly， encouraging mentor for anyone navigating the world of long-distance running。
Reviews
Sharondblk
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Thanks to NetGalley for the E-ARC of this book， which is basically a series of vignettes about successful female American runners。 I think it's meant to be inspirational， but to me it's not。 They all have something I lack as a runner - natural talent。 All these stories of "I strapped on a pair of shoes and ran a 30 minute ten k。 Then I started training hard"。are actually a bit depressing for me。 That said， both these women and the runners I have met out in the world have all been very supportive Thanks to NetGalley for the E-ARC of this book， which is basically a series of vignettes about successful female American runners。 I think it's meant to be inspirational， but to me it's not。 They all have something I lack as a runner - natural talent。 All these stories of "I strapped on a pair of shoes and ran a 30 minute ten k。 Then I started training hard"。are actually a bit depressing for me。 That said， both these women and the runners I have met out in the world have all been very supportive of middling runners like me。 Anyway， the stories are interesting， although a whole book of them got a bit samey for me， particularly since it is a US based book， so I have not heard of many of the runners interviewed。 I think for the right person （a talented female athlete， or someone who is inspired by people with natural talent who work hard！） this would be a very good read， and a great gift in hardback。 。。。more
Edwin Howard
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In HOW SHE DID IT， by Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery， the book looks at what it means to be an elite female distance runner。 It covers training， diet and the loving community of runners。 It also covers some many of the challenges that women have to overcome like sexism， balancing motherhood with running， and finding a voice on the world stage of distance running that historically male centered。 Huddle and Slattery start the book covering their experiences on becoming top runners。 They reflect on In HOW SHE DID IT， by Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery， the book looks at what it means to be an elite female distance runner。 It covers training， diet and the loving community of runners。 It also covers some many of the challenges that women have to overcome like sexism， balancing motherhood with running， and finding a voice on the world stage of distance running that historically male centered。 Huddle and Slattery start the book covering their experiences on becoming top runners。 They reflect on successes and failures and cover wide range of topics like a in-depth look at diet， how to train hard， but not too hard， and how female anatomy and how a woman's body matures has to be taken into account when training。 As a male runner， parts of the book I couldn't connect to and didn't really impact me in my training， but I can only imagine a female runner will find it quite informative。 That being said， I appreciated the section on diet because it was broken down very specifically， without getting too wrapped up in the science。 Huddle and Slattery then collected thoughts on elite running from fifty top female distance runners。 While all their stories differed， there seemed to be a mantra that they all have found running to be a rewarding part of their lives。 Some seemed to only enjoy the moments of victory， while others enjoyed training the most and the races simply signified the end of that training period before they start the next training cycle。 Injuries were a theme across most of their stories and how many of them overcame them and even used the rest and recovery as fuel for the fire to run faster was lots of fun to read about。 If you enjoy inspirational stories and finding success in overcoming obstacles， then you will enjoy HOW SHE DID IT。 Thank you to Rodale books， Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery， and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review！ 。。。more
Stephanie
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