Lauren Fleshman

Jan 11, 2025 | fleetstreetmag.com | Lauren Fleshman

If your New Year’s resolution is to start running or run more, be prepared for the “runner’s body” discussion. Take it from Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettingan-Dumas, who co-wrote Believe Training Journal (10th Anniversary Edition). Follow FLEETSTREET on Instagram and TikTok.

Jul 8, 2024 | fivebooks.com | David Epstein |Alex Hutchinson |Matt Hart |Lauren Fleshman

Before we get to your book recommendations, tell me a bit more about running. Why did you choose to focus on that particular activity? Running is my vocation. It’s something that I know really well. I use it as an applied instance of where we can grow in virtue. Maybe you like gardening, maybe you’re a cyclist, maybe you play the piano. I chose running to think critically about the ways in which we can be formed in our character through having these applied practices.

May 16, 2024 | brnw.ch | Lauren Fleshman

A close-up look at the uncertain and often unhealthy climb toward stardom for women in organized sports . . . The rawness of Good for a Girl serves as a push to demand that the next crop of female athletes has it better - Washington Post Fleshman manages to deliver a sporting manifesto while also being a fine and engaging writer ...

Nov 30, 2023 | l8r.it | Lauren Fleshman

Lauren Fleshman’s book, Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man’s World has this afternoon been crowned the 2023 winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, picking up a prize of £30,000 at an official ceremony  at BAFTA in London. The announcement makes history as it is the first book about women in sport, authored by a woman, to receive this prestigious sports writing prize.

Mar 14, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Lauren Fleshman |Kara Goucher

The first time Lauren Fleshman crossed my field of vision was in 2010, when I happened to be watching the U.S. Women's Track and Field 5K Championships. The race started in ordinary fashion; then, suddenly, Fleshman bolted from the pack, unleashing a ferocious kick as though the finish line were just in sight. In reality, the finish was still many hundreds of meters away. Had she made a mistake? What was going on? She sped on heedlessly, ponytail swaying as she broke the tape.