Running Free: Beyond the Girl Box: Breaking Limits, Reclaiming Identity, and Running Toward What’s Real - Softcover

Barker, Molly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1968760067 ISBN 13: 9781968760069

Publisher: SPARK Publications, 2026

Synopsis

Running Free: Beyond the Girl Box is part memoir and part guide for anyone who has ever felt “boxed in” by cultural and societal expectations.

From childhood and addiction to elite athletics, motherhood, founding Girls on the Run, and the unexpected lessons found in everyday life, Molly Barker uses the power of storytelling to explore how the “Girl Box” shapes not only girls but all of us.

With honesty, humor, and compassion, Molly invites readers to embrace the wisdom children so naturally possess and carry it with them into the complicated and oftentimes messy work of being an adult.

About this title

About the Author

Molly Barker is the founder of Girls on the Run, a nonprofit she launched with 13 girls in Charlotte that has since inspired more than 2.9 million girls across North America. An Ashoka Fellow with a master's degree in social work, she has been recognized with the Daily Point of Light Award and the UNC Chapel Hill Distinguished Alumna Award, and by Runner's World as one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Sport of Running. She continues to write, speak, and create spaces where people feel safe enough and brave enough to show up as themselves.

Edition details

• Publisher: SPARK Publications
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1968760067
• ISBN 13: 9781968760069
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200