{"product_id":"better-faster-farther","title":"Better Faster Farther","description":"\u003cb\u003e*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* “From foot-binding to corsets, patriarchal societies have found ways to immobilize women, but now, marathoners and Olympians are proving that women can run like the wind!” —GLORIA STEINEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A look behind the curtain that all women who love running and sport should read.” \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKARA GOUCHER, Olympic runner and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore than a century ago, a woman ran in the very first modern Olympic marathon. She just did it without permission. \u003c\/i\u003eAward-winning journalist Maggie Mertens uncovers the story of how women broke into competitive running and how they are getting faster and fiercer every day—and changing our understanding of what is possible as they go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite women proving their abilities on the track time and again, men in the medical establishment, media, and athletic associations have fought to keep women (or at least white women) fragile—and sometimes literally tried to push them out of the race (see Kathrine Switzer, Boston Marathon, 1967). Yet before there were running shoes for women, they ran barefoot or in nursing shoes. They ran without sports bras, which weren’t invented until 1977, or disguised as men. They faced down doctors who put them on bed rest and newspaper reports that said women collapsed if they ran a mere eight hundred meters, just two laps around the track. Still today, women face relentless attention to their bodies: Is she too strong, too masculine? Is she even really a woman?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mertens transports us from that first boundary-breaking marathon in Greece, 1896, to the earliest “official” women’s races of the twentieth century to today’s most intense ultramarathons, in which women are setting all-out records, even against men. For readers of \u003ci\u003eGood and Mad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorn to Run\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFly Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetter Faster Farther\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the lives and the victories of the women who have redefined society’s image of strength and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An essential read to normalize women's existence, excellence, and humanity within the sport of running.”\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003cb\u003eALISON MARIELLA DÉSIR\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Manda Group","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47774290542730,"sku":"9781643753355","price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/7452\/0714\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f8365c44-8964-4b9e-b584-344cc443187c.jpg?v=1772897189","url":"https:\/\/curiosityhousebooks.com\/products\/better-faster-farther","provider":"Curiosity House Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}