For Women and Young Girls in competitive sports, the struggle is more than against the other contestants/players, but against the very system of the game itself. Lauren Fleshman shares her story of competitive running, and why girls are dropping out of organized sports in alarming rates in Good for a Girl; A Woman Running in a Man's World.
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