Run like a girl, how strong women make happy lives [electronic resource] / by Mina Samuels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samuels, Mina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports for women.

Sports for women--Social aspects.

Femininity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Run Like A Girl is about the impact that participating in sports has on women?how the confidence and strength that it helps to build spills over into all of our experiences, making us stronger and better prepared for life's many challenges. In this inspiring book, Mina Samuels uses the varied personal stories of women and girls of all ages and backgrounds?as well as her own?to take a broad look at the power that sports have to help us face, and to overcome, obstacles in all arenas of life.Myriad voices fill the pages of Run Like A Girl: a US-ranked amateur triathlete

Contents:

Note; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Do You Run Like a Girl?; Chapter 2: Discovering Our Magic Shoes; Chapter 3: Rising to the (Almost) Daily Challenge; Chapter 4: The Goldilocks Principle; Chapter 5: Fit Is the New Thin; Chapter 6: Chicking the Boys; Chapter 7: Will You Be My Friend?; Chapter 8: Tossing Our Lace Caps; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-87065-6

9786613712660

1-58005-404-8

OCLC:

714569664