Long Run, The

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No one ever expected Catriona Menzies-Pike to run a marathon. She hated running, and was a hopeless athlete. When she was twenty her parents died suddenly - and for a decade she was stuck. She started running on a whim, and finally her grief started to move too. Until very recently, it was frowned upon for women to run long distances. Running was deemed unladylike - and probably dangerous. How did women's running go from being suspect to wildly popular How does a high school klutz become a marathon runner This fascinating book combines memoir and cultural history to explore the rich and contradictory topic of women and running.

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Catriona Menzies-Pike is the editor of the Sydney Review of Books. Her career in online media includes stints as managing editor of pioneering news and current affairs website New Matilda and arts editor of The Conversation. Shes taught literature, film, journalism and cultural studies to undergraduates across Sydney since 2001. In 2007 she ran her first half-marathon and shes been running ever since.