Run Fat B!tch Run - Appropriate?

uvox

Is it appropriate for a guy to give a woman running encouragement with a book entltled

Run Fat B!tch Run

Run Fat B!tch Run
(Grit Doctor) by Ruth Field http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751553980/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_wi6Jwb0F98PD0

Whatever about the title, I believe the content is reasonable. However, there title is just kinda abusive.

Alternative books for women?

UM1

uvox wrote: »

Alternative books for women?

Cooking for Two....Jamie Oliver

ThisRegard

Isn't the title a dig at herself from when she was told she couldn't run by her doctor soon after having a couple of kids and put on weight? I don't think it's offensive anyway, plus it's almost 5 years old so anyone who were offended might be over it by now.

bee06

As with most things is depends on context. If you are giving it to your wife who you know is looking to start running and has a light hearted approach to her weight then that's ok. If you are giving it to your overweight colleague who you don't really talk to other than for work reasons then not ok.

Captain Flaps

Is your problem with the title of the book in general (it's written by a woman) or the fact that a guy gave/is giving it?

imo it's pretty tongue in cheek but I'm not easily offended.

Sandwell

No, it's not an appropriate book for a man to give to a woman as encouragement.

There are hundreds of other running books out there, choose one of them.

Captain Flaps

Sandwell wrote: »

No, it's not an appropriate book for a man to give to a woman as encouragement.

There are hundreds of other running books out there, choose one of them.

What a ridiculous statement. It's clearly a book for women, whether it's appropriate to give to a SPECIFIC woman is down to OP's judgement.

If you have to ask, I'd probably pick another book.

Sandwell

Captain Flaps wrote: »

What a ridiculous statement. It's clearly a book for women, whether it's appropriate to give to a SPECIFIC woman is down to OP's judgement.

If you have to ask, I'd probably pick another book.

Fair enough. If you decide to give it to a woman you know very well and you're sure that she'd either find it funny or look past the title, then grand. Personally, I'd just buy another book.

Djoucer

Sandwell wrote: »

Fair enough. If you decide to give it to a woman you know very well and you're sure that she'd either find it funny or look past the title, then grand. Personally, I'd just buy another book.

Sure you can't be offending the wimmin, sensitive creatures that they are.

The book is out since 2012 and is hugely popular with women looking to take up running. They get the title. It's sold all across the world.

Mad to actually judge a book by its cover but there you go.

average_runner

Give her 50 shades of grey!!

average_runner

uvox wrote: »

Is it appropriate for a guy to give a woman running encouragement with a book entltled

Run Fat B!tch Run

Run Fat B!tch Run
(Grit Doctor) by Ruth Field http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751553980/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_wi6Jwb0F98PD0

Whatever about the title, I believe the content is reasonable. However, there title is just kinda abusive.

Alternative books for women?

Quick Question:

Does she go running at the moment or are you trying to get her running without asking if she has any interest in it?

Be careful if its the second option

TFBubendorfer

My wife once told me in no uncertain terms that I was not to buy her that book.

She eventually bought it herself and really liked it. :rolleyes:

aceygray

average_runner wrote: »

Quick Question:

Does she go running at the moment or are you trying to get her running without asking if she has any interest in it?

Be careful if its the second option

Be careful if it's the second option as well. Someone got me this book a few years ago. I won't say it was completely useless for me, but it's really geared towards beginners/people getting back into running. I've been running for years and have no major issues with motivations, so it wasn't much help to me.

HelenAnne

I read that book a few years ago. I wasn't mad about it, not just because of the title, but because I didn't like the presumption that I was going to hate running at first and would just have to grit through it; I liked running from the very beginning, even when I was slowly jogging between two benches, so maybe it just wasn't for me? (People do seem to like Ruth Field though).

A book about beginning running I really liked was this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Like-Girl-Alexandra-Heminsley/dp/0099558955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452263427&sr=1-1&keywords=running+like+a+girl

Just a much better attitude and approach, I thought.

Other ones I read when I was just starting off were Haruki Murakami's 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running' and George Sheehan's 'Dr Sheehan on Running'. I found them great and I also loved this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Well-Smarter-Faster-Injury/dp/1856267253

I got this the first year I was running and thought there was a great mix of stories:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Long-Inspirations-Oddballs-Athletes/dp/1605295337/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452263202&sr=1-1&keywords=going+long+runners+world

Since then, I've also really enjoyed Born to Run, Richard Askwith's books about fell running, Adharanand Finn's books and various running biographies.

Hope that helps!

Yintang

I didn't think much of Run Fat B!tch, Run! actually... Kinda bored me after a while - it was a lot of how she didn't always feel like running but made herself go out and do it. Nothing too exciting.
I second the Adharanand Finn books, I loved Running with the Kenyans.

rom

Nell McAndrew's Guide to Running ?

Baggirshorts

I know lots of women who would be offended by it.
I know lots of women who would not be offended by it....
Life is a mine field today because of the PC brigade........thread carefully op....what ever you decide....it will probably be wrong anyway...:D

robinph

Sounds like the kind of book that should only ever be bought for yourself, never for someone else.

hillsiderunner

robinph wrote: »

Sounds like the kind of book that should only ever be bought for yourself, never for someone else.

+1.

I'd never risk buying that for someone else (of either gender), unless they had specifically asked for it. Just in case.