Silence After The Stride

'I complete the hardest workout I've ever had to do; I walk away.'

Ellie Wilson's identity is forged in the fire of competition on the track. She lives and breaths glory. But when a hidden tragedy shatters her perfect goals, her obsession with athletics becomes a desperate escape for freedom and success. To reclaim her future, she must learn to confront the past, fix broken relationships, and stop running away from her life. Ellie must run through it in order to survive and win that Nationals title, which she wants more than anything.

The story follows a year in her life as a Year 13 student-athlete, as she navigates her own journey in athletics, and her social life. Ellie needs to be perfect. That's what she was born to accomplish. But it's rather difficult when she adores her boy best friend, Mikey, more than anything, especially when her coach tells her that she must have no distractions this year.

And Ellie always listens to what her coach says.

Everyone can see it. Mikey, her best friend Alyssa, and even her sworn rival Niamh know that Ellie has paved her way to glory. Yet her mind is so fixed on one goal that the world begins to blur around her. But will she finally be able to see clear again, or give in to Coach Finn's tight grasp.

Ellie has one year to get it right.

She has lived her whole life held back by the pressurising chains of expectations, forged by other athletes, her coach and her own corrupt thoughts.

And it's time for Ellie to break free.

A coming of age novel, suitable for young adults, with a romantic subplot.

'A devastating masterpiece that tells a crucial story in a world of social media pressure on young athletes.' A TikTok review.

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