The Longest Race: A Book Review

An exploration of abuse, doping, and deception on Nike’s elite running team

Thomas O'Grady
Runner's Life
Published in
4 min readJan 9, 2024

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At its core, The Longest Race is a tale for young women with lofty goals. This is an important fact to remember even in 2024. We’ve made great strides in empowering women and towards greater gender equality. However, we still have room to learn from the past so that future generations…

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Thomas O'Grady
Runner's Life

Thomas J. O’Grady, Ph.D., M.P.H. is a data minded professional who is an avid runner, hiker, and lover of the outdoors.