Episode 440: Lauren Fleshman – Good for a Girl

Lauren Fleshman’s new book, Good for a Girl, is out now! Lauren has had a big career in so many different areas – running, entrepreneurship, coaching, etc. In her book, Lauren goes through all of that! Lauren ran for Stanford where she was a 5-time NCAA Champion and 15-time All-American. Lauren went on to run professionally for Nike where she won 2 USA Championships and was on 5 World Championship teams. Lauren’s career had a lot of ups and downs and we chatted about that in this episode! Lauren is an entrepreneur through and through. She is the founder of Picky Bars, hosts running retreats, and is the coauthor of the popular Believe Training Journal. Photo credit: Cortney White & Oiselle What we talked about: 4:00- Chatting about Lauren’s book 10:00- What needs to change in women’s sports 17:15- Parenting 20:25- Writing about her dad’s alcoholism in the book 22:00- Her own relationship with alcohol 28:10- Mental health 34:00- Coaching 37:20- Writing 46:50- Parenting 50:35- What’s next for Lauren 53:35- How her career sits with her now that she is retired 58:10- Speaking up in her career 59:20- Where she sees herself going after this book 1:03:00- How Oiselle changed her life 1:06:30- How she spectates the sport now 1:07:40- End of podcast questions Show notes: Lauren on Instagram Good for a Girl Lauren’s Website Running While Black Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Lagoon Use code “Lindsey” for 15% off Donna Marathon Use the code “Lindsey10” for 10% off your registration Athletic Greens Go to AthleticGreens.com/Lindsey for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase