Lauren Fleshman - Interview and Book Signing

268 Alabama Street,San Francisco CA 94103

01 March, 2023

Description

Decorated long distance runner Lauren Fleshman visits the Purple Patch Center to discuss her debut memoir Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World. Matt Dixon, Founder and Head Coach of Purple Patch Fitness will join Lauren in conversation. Part memoir, part manifesto, Good for a Girl is Fleshman’s story of falling in love with running as a girl, being pushed to her limits and succumbing to devastating injuries, and daring to fight for a better way for female athletes. Long gone are the days when women and girls felt lucky just to participate; Fleshman and women everywhere are waking up to the reality that they’re running, playing, and competing in a world that wasn’t made for them. Drawing on not only her own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes, of any gender, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild our systems of competitive sport with women at their center. Join us for social, Q&A, + Book Signing! It will be a GREAT event. BONUS - Long time Purple Patch professional triathlete Jesse Thomas will be there too!