RELATED: Sally McRae Wants You To Own Your Achievements A New Chapter Fear often gripped McRae as her father flipped from a loving and handsome parent to an unrecognizable monster who threw a table at her mother. As the middle child of five children with a stay-at-home mother and a father with a broken musical dream, her early memories were punctuated with many voids: the scarcity of clothes and name-brand cereal, the lack of a father's unconditional love, and the ever-present financial anxiety. The book, which hit bookstores on June 4, is part one of a two-part memoir chronicling McRae's early childhood, filled with both love and joy, and also hardship, poverty and physical abuse. "So much of what I do now stems from my childhood," says McRae, 44, who lives in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, Eddie, and their two young children. Her new book "C hoose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything" gives a glimpse into these "how" questions. If you only knew Sally McRae from her YellowRunner Instagram handle or her training app, you're probably like me, filled with questions of how: How did she still have the energy to jump in joy after finishing the 250-mile Cocodona race? How did she win the Badwater 135-mile ultra-race in 2021, despite puking in 120-degree weather? How did she twice finish in the top 10 at Western States Endurance Run while most trail runners only dream about getting into the race? How does she strength-train so much while running, raising two kids, hosting a podcast and a YouTube channel? This article originally appeared on Womens Running
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