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More than 11 million women run regularly, a number thats growing every year. They tend to be educated and affluent-the perfect audience for Sole Sisters.

Half of all runners are women, and they are changing the face of the sport. Its a social outlet, a healthful way to improve mental well-being, and an opportunity to form bonds with like-minded women.

Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running is a gripping collection of stories that captures the inspirational heart of the womens running. Authors Jennifer Lin and Susan Warner have interviewed women of all ages from all walks of life and all parts of the country. All of their subjects have one thing in common: Running has transformed them. There are both heartrending stories of grief and survival and lighthearted tales of friendship. Among them are:

  • Sisters who competed in a 5K race to honor a sister who survived breast cancer.
    • A 9/11 widow who ran her first marathon to honor the memory of her husband.
    • A 65-year-old woman who overcame obesity and alcoholism to finish the grueling Ironman triathlon.
    • An unknown runner from Norway named Grete Waitz who decided to run a marathon-and changed the face of the sport.

      Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running is not just for women who run. It appeals to all women who know what it means to have the support of others who share their trials and triumphs. Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running is sometimes touching, sometimes funny, and always inspiring.

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    Sole Sisters copyright 2006 by Jennifer Lin and Susan Warner. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. For information, write Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, an Andrews McMeel Universal company, 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

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    Lin, Jennifer.

    Sole sisters : stories of women and running / Jennifer Lin and Susan Warner.

    p. cm.

    E-ISBN: 978-0-7407-8697-6

    1. Women runnersAnecdotes. 2. Running for womenAnecdotes. I. Warner, Susan, 1957 II. Title.

    GV1061.10.W66L56 2006
    796.42092dc22
    [B]

    2005057061

    Design by Holly Camerlinck
    Cover design by Michelle Farinella
    Cover photo by Ryan McVay/Getty Images

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    To our husbands and kids

    Bill, Karl, and Cory

    Jennifer Lin

    Strauss, Ella, and Sylvia

    Susan Warner

    Picture 3

    Contents

    Joan Nesbit Mabe
    A world-class racer turns coach of moms

    Sister Marion Irvine
    The Flying Nun

    Cheryl Treworgy
    Paving the way for her daughter

    Allentown Womens 5K Classic
    It takes a committee

    Cinnamon Spear
    On the faded trail of Chief Dull Knife

    Team Windsor
    Therapy in motion

    Darcy Gibbs Batzold
    Fighting cancer with her sisters

    Grete Waitz
    The accidental legend

    Theo Carroll
    The road to Hawaii

    Sandy Felt
    Recovering from 9/11

    Susan Pajer and Marilyn Darrows
    The runner next door

    The Ndereba Sisters
    Running for Kenya

    Sandy Oslosky
    From tragedy, a turning point

    Centipede Ladies
    The ultimate connection

    Amber Trotter
    Finding a new way

    Ellen Wessel
    Dressing women runners

    Midori Sperandeo
    Pregnancy, babies, and running

    Students Run Philly Style
    Running to a brighter future

    Colleen Cannon
    Four-legged running partners

    Taylor Ng
    Born with a runners soul

    The Dawn Patrol
    Finding friendship in a new hometown

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    Why We Run

    Like many women, our running started with a craving for ice cream. And creamy pasta. And dark chocolate. But before long, our three-mile jogs along Philadelphias riverside Kelly Drive became so much more than a way to burn calories. It was our therapy, our time to mull questions big and small, to escape the workaday world, to connect, to talk. Eyes focused straight ahead, legs turning in tandem, we free-associated on everything from what to serve at a daughters bat mitzvah to how to renovate a beach house. We commiserated over fussy cats and forgetful husbands, working our way up to the Rosetta stone of our beings, our mothers. We took turns and switched topics, one moment celebrating the success of a shy child on the soccer field or ballet stage, the next lamenting the creaks and gray hair of middle age. And across those miles, our running brought back the lost pleasure of visiting for a spell with a friend.

    We werent alone. On our midday runs, we passed a constant stream of womenrunning alone or in pairswho seemed to easily outnumber male runners on Kelly Drive. What was going on? That question led to an article we cowrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer about the boom in womens running. Our ranks were growing: 11 million strong and counting. In response to the article, we got phone calls, letters, and e-mails from other runners who wanted to tell us why they run. Friends shared tales about women whose lives had been transformed through running. We began collecting stories. We talked to race organizers and running-store owners. We went online and found runners in other parts of the country to talk toa cancer survivor in Albany, a nun in Northern California, a running-club organizer in St. Louis, a Cheyenne teenager from Montana, and a Boulder woman who runs with horses.

    We share with you their stories, our stories. We are women who have discovered the joy of running and know that at the end of a good workout comes the mixed benefits of fitness and friendship and maybe some ice cream, pasta, and dark chocolate.

    T he school fund-raiser couldnt have come at a more serendipitous time for Joan - photo 5

    T he school fund-raiser couldnt have come at a more serendipitous time for Joan - photo 6

    T he school fund-raiser couldnt have come at a more serendipitous time for Joan Nesbit Mabe. Her daughters preschool needed donations for a silent auction. Joan offered her time. She auctioned a ten-week training program for runners with one hitch: Only mothers were allowed. It was meant to be a one-shot deal. It became so much more.

    The year was 2000, a pivotal time for Joan. She was thirty-eight, remarried, and the mother of two daughters. She had been running competitively for two decades and could sense it was time to say good-bye to racing. That summer, she competed in her fifth Olympic Trials. She had made the U.S. squad for the 1996 Atlanta Games, running in the marquee 10,000 meters. This time around, at the 2000 trials, Joan finished in the middle of the pack in the 1,500 meters, content just to be part of the experience.

    More and more, Joan wondered about the next phase of her life. Where would her running take her? She had climbed to the top of her sport. She had been a big-league college coach, once leading both the mens and womens cross-country teams at the University of North Carolina. She had worn red, white, and blue in the Olympics. She had records and titles.

    Now what?

    Luckily, motherhood left her little time to grieve for her fading status as a competitor. She had one daughter to potty train and another in Brownies. And right now, her daughters school needed to raise money.

    Around the preschool in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Joan was known as Rosies momnot Joan the UNC track legend, two-time All-American, 1995 national cross-country champion, 1996 Olympian.

    Just Rosies mom.

    The training program for the auction filled up quickly. Ten mothers signed on. Just enough, thought Joan. She had a reason for focusing on mothers. Joan remembered firsthand how isolated she felt as a new mother.

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