Running for Women 101
Running for Women 101

Author: HowExpert

Publisher: HowExpert

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 1647587379

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“Running for Women 101” is a complete handbook for women who run. It provides an overview of the unique aspects of women’s running and contains research-backed training advice for races of all distances. This how-to guide will teach women how to reach all of their running goals, and it touches on the following topics: • The History of Women’s Involvement in Running • Challenges and Benefits of Running for Women • Training for a 5K by Building Speed and Endurance • Increasing Distance to Run a 10K • Mastering the Half Marathon • Committing to Training for a Full Marathon • Optimizing Performance with Nutrition, Sleep, and Weight Training • Running Amidst Life’s Challenges Intermediate-level female runners who have been consistently running at least three days per week will find this book to be useful in their training. It includes specific training advice for 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon races and provides concrete examples of workouts that are beneficial for women who are training for races of each distance. The book also contains support from groundbreaking scientific studies that have proven the effectiveness of various training methods, so you can be sure the recommendations in this book are based on sound evidence. About the Expert: Jennifer Jacobsen is a wife and mother living in a small town in Northcentral Ohio, and she also happens to be a runner. She works fulltime for a public school but maintains a strong interest in running and physical fitness. She competes in local races throughout Ohio, and while she will run just about any distance, she specializes in the half marathon. Jennifer has won dozens of awards for being the top female finisher in local races, and she manages to keep up with her training while also balancing the demands of being a wife, mother, and professional. She has a passion for health and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help other women live up to their potential. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

The Complete Book Of Running For Women
The Complete Book Of Running For Women

Author: Claire Kowalchik

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999-03-01

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1439136815

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More women than ever are discovering the unique benefits of running -- forstress relief, weight management, endurance, and self-esteem. Women'sbodies are not the same as men's, and though we can train just as hard andwith the same passion for excellence, we have certain special concerns.Finally, there is a comprehensive guide exclusively for women whoexperience the pure joy of running, or want to. It's the simplest, fastest, most accessible way to fitness and good health known to woman. You don't need a partner, equipment, or even much time. Now, Claire Kowalchik, former managing editor of Runner's World magazine, answers every question about the overwhelmingly popular activity that builds endurance, melts fat, and even prevents illness. In this total running book for women, you'll learn: How to get started and stay motivated What to eat for optimal nutrition How to run during pregnancy and after menopause Why running is the most effective form of exercise How to prevent and treat injury What to wear -- from sports bras to running shoes How to prepare for everything from a 5K to a marathon Authoritative and friendly, The Complete Book of Running for Women is a sourcebook for both beginners and long-time runners. Along with wisdom drawn from the author's personal experience, you'll find advice from the experts: coaches, exercise physiologists, nutritionists, doctors, and other women runners. Including question-and-answer sections and a complete list of resources, The Complete Book of Running for Women tells you everything you need to know to be off and running toward better health and richer living.

Running for Women
Running for Women

Author: Jason Karp

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2012-06-14

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1492583006

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As best-selling author John Gray pointed out, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. There are obvious differences between women and men in anatomy, physiology, hormones, and metabolism. So why do most running books take a one-size-fits-all approach to training? Finally, here’s one that doesn’t. Running for Women provides comprehensive information on training female runners based on their cardiovascular, hormonal, metabolic, muscular, and anatomical characteristics. In this authoritative guide, authors Jason Karp and Carolyn Smith answer the questions and tackle the topics women need to know: • The impact of the menstrual cycle on hydration, body temperature, metabolism, and muscle function • The most effective workouts for endurance, speed and strength, lactate threshold, and VO2max • How and when to train during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause • Preventing knee injuries, stress fractures, and other common running-related injuries • Avoiding the risks of the female athlete triad—disordered eating, osteoporosis, and menstrual irregularities • How to use sex differences to your advantage Based on the latest research on estrogen, metabolism, and other sex-specific performance factors, Running for Women will change the way you fuel, train, and compete. If you are serious about running, this is one guide you must own.

More Women Can Run
More Women Can Run

Author: Susan J. Carroll

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-08-02

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0199361169

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Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level political offices. While they enjoy the freedom to stand for office and therefore have an equal legal footing with men, this persistent gender imbalance raises pressing questions about democratic legitimacy, the inclusivity of American politics, and the quality of political representation. The reasons for women's underrepresentation remain the subject of much debate. One explanation--that the United States lacks sufficient openings for political newcomers--has become less compelling in recent years, as states that have adopted term limits have not seen the expected gains in women's office holding. Other accounts about candidate scarcity, gender inequalities in society, and the lingering effects of gendered socialization have some merit; however, these accounts still fail to explain the relatively low numbers. Drawing upon original surveys conducted in 1981 and 2008 by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) of women state legislators across all fifty states, and follow-up interviews after the 2008 survey, the authors find that gender differences in pathways to the legislatures, first evident in 1981, have been surprisingly persistent over time. They find that, while the ambition framework better explains men's decisions to run for office, a relationally embedded model of candidate emergence better captures women's decision-making, with women's decisions more often influenced by the encouragement and support of parties, organizations, and family members. By rethinking the nature of women's representation, this study calls for a reorientation of academic research on women's election to office and provides insight into new strategies for political practitioners concerned about women's political equality.

Real Women Run
Real Women Run

Author: Sandra Faulkner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-17

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 131543783X

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Real Women Run is an innovative feminist ethnography that consists of a series of linked essays and presentations about women who run at the intersections of queer, feminist, and running identities. Faulkner uses feminist grounded theory, poetic inquiry, and qualitative content analysis to examine women’s embodied stories of running: how they run, how running fits into the context of their lives and relationships, how they enact or challenge cultural scripts of women’s activities and normative running bodies, and what running means for their lives and identities. During a two-and-a-half-year ethnography with women who run, Faulkner engaged in an intersectional qualitative content analysis of websites and blogs targeted to women runners, a grounded theory poetic analysis of 41 interviews with women who run, and participant observation at road races. Real Women Run speaks to the call for a more physical feminism. This ethnography sees women’s physical and mental strength developed through running as a way to embrace the contradictions between a deconstructed focus on the mind/body split and the focus on individuals’ actual material bodies and their everyday interactions with their bodies and through their bodies with the world around them.

Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running
Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running

Author: Dagny Scott Barrios

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2007-10-30

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1605298603

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Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running is designed specifically to address the unique challenges and rewards the sport presents to the fastest growing segment of the market—women runners. More than 10 million women across the country now identify themselves as regular runners. In response to the dramatic increase in the number of women in the sport, Dagny Scott Barrios and the experts at Runner's World have created this singular guide, where women will discover how to: • train for any race, from a 5K to a marathon • eat nutritiously and for maximum energy • lose weight permanently • deal with self-consciousness and body image • run during pregnancy and through menopause • choose the best clothes and accessories • run anywhere safely • prevent and treat injuries, especially those that women are most likely to encounter With clear photographs, running sidebars, and testimonials from women runners of all ages and abilities, this comprehensive resource provides the most current practical advice available anywhere for women runners of all levels.

Run Your Fat Off
Run Your Fat Off

Author: Jason R Karp

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1621453359

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"Based on the latest research, Run your fat off gives everyone--men and women, marathon runners to casual runners to non runners--the best calorie-burning runs, menus to fuel workouts and lose weight, and day by day personalized plans for beginning and advanced runners"--

Women Who Run with the Wolves
Women Who Run with the Wolves

Author: Clarissa Pinkola Estés Phd

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 1995-08-22

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 0345396812

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One million copies sold! “A deeply spiritual book [that] honors what is tough, smart and untamed in women.”—The Washington Post Book World Book club pick for Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.

Running as a Woman
Running as a Woman

Author: Linda Witt

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0029203155

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The authors show just how women politicians tapped into the vote for the 1992 elections and how they will shape their campaign strategies and political agendas around it in the future. Includes interviews with Geraldine Ferraro, Pat Schroeder, Nancy Kassebaum, and other major political figures. 15 photos.

Breakthrough Women's Running
Breakthrough Women's Running

Author: Neely Spence Gracey

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2022-04-06

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1718206917

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"This book is a comprehensive guide for intermediate- to advanced-level women runners on how to set goals, then build a system of daily habits and small steps to achieve them. The book will cover female-centric topics such as common nutrition needs, exercises and stretches that help the body get stronger and recover better, and training plans that can be used for various distances and purposes"--