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Reading this book as I prepare for fibroid surgery feels huge. The strange coincidence that a last minute work gig meant I got to meet Naga today and talk about it with her will stay with me for years. Inspiring.

Useful

Once again, I have too many books on the go 🤦🏾‍♀️

Because honestly it’s enough 🫠

This book would’ve been so important for me 5 years ago.

I’ve reached the interview with Glennon Doyle.

Really not sure about this book

So far, I’d say that the authors note could’ve been cut down by several pages so I’m concerned the writing style will annoy me. But let’s see.

I’m not sure I’m actually looking forward to reading this but it’s been on my bedside table long enough so it is time 🤞🏾

It is taking me forever to get through this book. I think that’s more about where my head is at that an indictment of the book but I am tired 🙃

I have frustratingly realised this isn’t even the book I’ve been reading. All my frustrated updates don’t belong to this guy but to some dude called Matt Fitzgerald, whose book I absolutely will not be finishing.

WHY the need for all these mildly problematic (sometimes wildly) white male gaze reflections on race relations?? Gahhh

I do not enjoy this book at all so far.

The much too long description of this guy’s discovery of socialising with Black people and interracial dating is not endearing me to him

Finding the narrator/author frustratingly unlikeable/unrelatable but hopefully they’ll turn around

Not really enjoying this as an audiobook

Brillant and infuriating

I bought and intended to read this book before watching the film last year, then never got to it.

However, I loved the film and think this is important. Here we go…

Two thoughts:

1. This book is a masterpiece of writing

2. Reminds me a lot of “Girl, Woman, Other”

The prologue has me in a rage.

I’m learning from this book that being a marathon runner is, in itself, a marathon, not a sprint.

VERY emotional learning that his unknown injury that made running unbearable but doctors said wasn’t real was a pelvic stress fracture that didn’t heal whilst he tried to run through it. He still went on to run many more marathons and my word this is the story I’ve needed after a year of unknowns from my own pelvic stress fracture

Every single one of this guys full marathon times is faster than my half marathon PB but it’s so well written that I feel genuinely bad for him finishing New York marathon in 8th position with 2.15.09😂

This book is excellent. So well written and researched. Such an important topic masterfully executed.

Helpful to hear this guy say that there is a point during every marathon when you think to yourself “why am I doing this?”

A lot of detail about specific marathon routes and elite running

Can’t get over the fact this guy ran 2:12 in his debut marathon and it wasn’t even a good time for him 😂😱🙏🏾
Let me absorb some of this energy…

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Hahrie Han at a roundtable about organising as part of the press tour to launch this book. Can’t wait to dive in.

I keep becoming frustrated by the assumptions about what I’m thinking/my perspective because these assumptions mostly don’t apply for me.
I think I’m stung by the analysis of the “twice as hard” adage because I was taught/have experienced/believe that you’d “receive half” not “be half”, which is a big difference. But I do want to unpack it so it’s a good prompt.
Otherwise good. Will continue.

I need a break from all the intense self help books 😅