How She Did It: Stories, Advice, and Secrets to Success from Fifty Legendary Distance Runners. This item is unavailable.How She Did It: Stories, Advice, and Secrets to Success from Fifty Legendary Distance Runners

An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running, featuring 50 candid interviews with women who've made it <p/>How She Did It begins with the kind of prescriptive information that any athlete needs to be healthy and successful in the world of competitive running, with advice and findings from the nation's top bone health experts, sports endocrinologists, nutritionists, sports psychologists, and more. It's an Olympic caliber support team at your fingertips to ensure you're training and competing efficiently--and, most importantly, safely. <p/>The book then moves into the payload: unflinching and intimate interviews with 50 well-known female runners who reveal their deepest fears, their worst choices, and their greatest achievements. Collectively, these voices are the embodiment of strength, meant to educate, inspire, motivate, and direct developing athletes who want to see how far--and how fast--they can go. <p/>With Molly and Sara's personal stories interspersed in sidebars throughout, How She Did It serves as a friendly, encouraging mentor for anyone navigating the world of long-distance running.

Molly Huddle is an American long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events. She is currently training for the 2021 Olympic track and field team. She has won 28 USA titles, held six American records, looked down the start line of two Olympic finals and four major marathons. Huddle set the American record in the 5000 m at the 2014 Herculis Diamond League meet in Fontvieille, Monaco (14:42.64). She also set the American record in the 10,000 m at the 2016 Olympics, with a time of 30:13.17. Huddle lives and trains in Providence, Rhode Island. <br/> <br/>Sara Slattery is an American middle and long-distance runner who mainly competes in track races. Slattery has represented the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at both junior and senior level, and was a two-time NCAA champion. She is currently a college coach at Grand Canyon University.