Kara Goucher is a three-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympian, winner of the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 10,000 meters, and a podium finisher at the Boston and New York Marathons. She is a running analyst for NBC Sports. She cohosts the hit running commentary podcast Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara, as well as the Clean Sport Collective podcast, promoting fair play in sports. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her Olympic-runner husband, Adam, and their son, Colt. Her website is KaraGoucher.com.
Mary Pilon is the New York Times bestselling author of The Monopolists and The Kevin Show. She cowrote and cohosted the audio series Twisted: The True Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down. She previously covered sports at The New York Times and business at The Wall Street Journal. She is a story producer on BS High, HBO's documentary about the Bishop Sycamore High School football scandal. Find more of her work at MaryPilon.com.
"In her new memoir, Goucher says for the first time publicly that
she is the woman behind the sexual assault allegations that led to
her former coach Alberto Salazar to be banned from the sport for
life in 2021."
--Good Morning America "Shook me to my core . . . Goucher's
indelible strength, both as a driven elite athlete and an assault
survivor, will make you want to scream and fight for justice."
--Rachael Xerri (Audible) "The world silver medalist's memoir lays
bare why female athletes may never realize their full potential
under systems still rife with inequity, abuse, and harassment . . .
Goucher reveals just what she endured in order to achieve as much
as she did in her running career . . . her transparency about so
much of her career is what elevates this memoir as perhaps the most
important contribution she'll ever make to women's sports."
--Women's Running "Kara's story is inspiring and powerful, and she
shares it with vulnerability and honesty. This book has something
for everyone, whether you're a seasoned runner, just starting out,
or don't think you have any interest in running at all. A must-have
for your bookshelf, it leaves you motivated, empowered, and ready
to take on the world. Thank you, Kara, for sharing your story and
reminding us all that we are stronger than we know."
-- Allyson Felix, seven-time Olympic gold medalist and twelve-time
World Championship gold medalist "Stunning in its honesty and
intimacy, The Longest Race is one of the most important athlete
memoirs of its generation. Kara Goucher takes us inside a
breathtakingly complex world, showing us the love and beauty of
sport as well as its gruesome abuses of power, callous cruelty, and
disregard for the athlete--specifically the female one."
-- Kate Fagan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Made
Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American
Teen "Kara Goucher's journey is dramatic and alarming. Beyond that,
she and Mary Pilon have put together a stellar work of
investigative journalism. The Longest Race will break your heart
and blow your mind."
-- James Andrew Miller, #1 bestselling author of Those Guys Have
All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN "A lightning-quick runner who
would go on to become a two-time Olympian and the face of Nike,
Kara had no idea that her 7 years with the Oregon Project would
elevate her career to soaring new heights -- and drag her into one
of the darkest chapters of her life. In her explosive new memoir,
Kara opens up about how she and [her husband] Adam helped expose
Salazar -- the once-beloved coach they regarded as a father
figure."
--People "This must-read memoir for running fans is as interesting
as it is important. Told from Kara's vantage point as a distance
running star, it also serves as a call to action for women and
girls to tell their stories of abuse and power imbalances--hard as
that may be--so they can give each other strength, push back as a
flock, and make things better for the next wave."
-- Molly Huddle, two-time Olympian, American record holder in the
half-marathon and 5,000 meters, and coauthor of How She Did It:
Stories, Advice, and Secrets to Success from Fifty Legendary
Distance Runners "The Longest Race is a striking reminder of the
importance of using your voice. Kara's courage to stand up against
the powers that be has helped pave the way for change. Her book is
essential reading for anyone who wants to make sports safe and fair
for everyone."
-- Mary Cain, Founder of Atalanta NYC and 2014 World Junior
Champion in the 3,000 meters "Both books -- Goucher's and [Lauren]
Fleshman's -- should be victory laps for two celebrated runners.
But that's not the sort of book either woman set out to write. Each
has produced something much grittier: a close-up look at the
uncertain and often unhealthy climb toward stardom for women in
organized sports."
--The Washington Post "Goucher is finally telling the whole story
of her experience at The Oregon Project in her book The Longest
Race, written with sports journalist Mary Pilon . . . the details
around how sexual and emotional abuse can be so expertly
intertwined to convince victims not to seek help, and even question
their own experiences, is a chilling, but necessary story."
--Sports Illustrated "The Longest Race is a fearless
self-examination of Goucher's life and career . . . the book has
resonated within the athletic community as women's sports continue
to face a necessary reckoning and remake themselves."
--Duluth News Tribune "Reducing The Longest Race to the single
story of assault would be a huge mistake . . . [it's] a rare look
inside the highest levels of the sport and its players . . . there
are Olympic moments, inside scoops, sports industry revelations . .
. Yes, athletes will love this book, but it's also a memoir for
anyone who has put their heart on the line."
--Oiselle "The distance runner's new memoir details years of abuse
and indignities in her sport . . . Goucher has much to be proud of,
on and off the track. Perhaps we'll remember her most for the voice
she found to hold others to account, so that all of us, her son
included, could believe in the sport she loved."
--The Star Tribune "A track-and-field star pulls the lid off the
big money behind corporate sponsorship of sports. Goucher makes a
strong case against a powerful sports machine."
--Kirkus "[Goucher] shares her history of money and transitioning
from running for fun to running for money...and then the triumphant
battle back to running for joy. It's a story about greed, power,
disturbing abuse, and more (doping, NCAA violations...), and yet is
still an uplifting, empowering story."
--Stacking Benjamins "The Longest Race is an eye-opening read into
the inner workings of professional road and track racing at the
highest level and also the pressures that go along with it."
--The Boulder Daily Camera
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