Lauren Fleshman: my life running in a man's world

Lauren Fleshman is one of the most decorated distance runners in US history. And her experience at the sharp end of athletics has given her a unique insight into a system ‘designed by men, for men’. Part memoir, part manifesto, her new book, Good for a Girl, is a rallying cry for a reform of the sports landscape.


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