First Ladies of Running

Enjoyable insomuch as it was so empowering to read about the trailblazing women who made it possible for me and so many others to pursue this sport. And it still ASTOUNDS me that there was still so much outcry and discrimination and women being physically pulled off race courses in my mother's lifetime. The fact that there wasn't even a female Olympic marathon until 19fucking84 is just absurd to me. The structure of this book is kinda weird – it's just bios of women, not truly chronological, stacked one after the other. I would have preferred a more compelling narrative; this read more like a textbook. Also it is written by a man....... Still, worth it to give the women who made this sport what it is the honor and respect they deserve!