Run Like A Girl

An office mate forwarded me an article, that I loved it so I wanted to share as well.

‘Run Like a Girl’ shows power of sports in women’s lives

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43186255/ns/today-books/

        I like it for the obvious reasons, I'm a girl, I like sports and well I work in sports. But I love what this women is saying and maybe when I have a minute to breath, come the end of the season I am going to pick this book up and read it. For now I will have to do with reading the abstract, which gets the jist of it across pretty well.

"I work hard. I succeed. I fail. I have finished last more than once in a race, and at other times I’ve had to drop out. I try again. Sports helped me to discover that I was capable of having bigger dreams. I didn’t just get fitter and faster; I changed my life. It wasn’t easy. It was better than easy — it was possible and rewarding." an excerpt from Mina Samuels Run Like a Girl

      There are a lot less girls in the sports industry then their male counterparts, and I'm sure there are reasons for it, but no good ones that I can think of. Working in Sports is like playing one, sometimes harder, and you don't get the benefit of getting in shape while you are doing it, but its something of a learning experience. Working in sports isn't for everyone, and its not for the faint of heart, but I think every girl should give sports a go. I think of my sisters and I what kind of people we would be if we hadn't played every sport imaginable, and then I think of the girls I know who never picked up a ball, a glove, a lacrosse stick anything and I definitely think its something they should of tried. The self discipline you learn in training and always striving to be better follows you for the rest of your life and I couldn't be more thankful for it.

The morale of this story is go outside and play, learn a sport and run like a girl!
If you weren't feeling my girl power post, read about Courtney Love on Jezebel, hilarious.