Women Who Run

<p>Women run for all kinds of reasons. We run for health to ease tension for strength to challenge ourselves to be social with friends as professional athletes or the dream of being one to turn our minds on and to turn them off. Whether running a marathon taking a quick jog around the neighborhood or trying to reach the top of Pikes Peak women of all ages and abilities have discovered running. In Women Who Run a wide range of women including Olympians marathoners ultra runners young track phenoms and recreational runners talk about why they run what drives them and what continues to spark their interest in the sport. Women Who Run features Bobbi Gibb the first woman to run the Boston Marathon; Louise Cooper breast cancer survivor and finisher of the grueling 135-mile Badwater Marathon; Kristin Armstrong who found solace and camaraderie in running with other women post-divorce; Olympic runner and two-time LA Marathon winner and Kenyan Lornah Kiplagat Wall Street Journal reporter and Muslim women's activist Asra Nomani; Pam Reed who ran 300-miles in one run and many more. This book will inspire and motivate you to get off the couch and find your inner runner.</p>