Pass Me the Lube

Lessons from my Decade as a Plus Size Athlete

By: Julie Creffield

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

In 2010 when size 18 Julie Creffield came last in a 10K race to find the finish line packed up and everyone gone home she wondered if this kind of stuff happened to anyone else, that afternoon she set up a blog to talk about the highs and lows of being a plus-size runner...10 million hits later it's safe to say she's not alone in her struggles. This 10-year anniversary book shares the lessons from a decade as an athlete in a larger than average body, with no topic too embarrassing or too shocking to cover. Sharing the ups and downs of growing the business, the battles with her weight, and the frustrations of fighting for inclusion for larger, slower runners.

Relatable listen

It didn’t take me this long to read - the audio quality is just terrible and needed a near silent place to run and actually hear it. This was meant to be a celebration of ten years running, but then Covid. Her coda on that - and the changing landscape of plus size running really tied together the otherwise disparate blog posts that comprised this book. The virtual voice is pretty rough but the stories are good.