SHORTLISTED FOR WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A celebration of female bodies, female pioneers and female endurance' – The Guardian What happens when women run beyond the marathon — and refuse to stop? Ultra Women is a gripping, behind-the-scenes journey into the high-stakes world of female endurance, where athletes race across deserts, over mountains, and through the night for 50, 100, even 200 miles at a time. Blending intimate profiles with cutting-edge science, it reveals how women runners, swimmers and cyclists are smashing records, shattering stereotypes, and redefining what “strong” looks like at every age and stage of life. Meet the mothers balancing midnight feeds with dawn training runs, the champions who learned to turn pain into data, and the late starters who discovered their prime years — post-40, post-menopause — on the trail. Along the way, you’ll learn how mindset, fueling, hormones, and