Fast and Slow // Discovering Strength Beyond Speed: A Memoir (Pre-order, March 30 2027)

The most decorated athlete in track and field history reveals how her journey to becoming a mother turned into the fight of her lifeand pushed her to find her voice as an advocate and champion, on and off the track

Im really, really fast. But theres no such thing as fast inside a delivery room.

Allyson Felix, one of the fastest women in the world, meticulously planned out her life according to the rigid training and competition schedule expected of all top female runners. From a young age she witnessed older teammates wrestle with the decision to have a child. Motherhood, Allyson learned, was a high-stakes game that for too many women meant the end of everything they worked so hard for.

But at thirty-three, the sports icon knew she was ready to become a mother herself. She gave birth to a baby girl, Camryn, delivered prematurely after Allyson was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia, a condition that, she learned, disproportionately impacts Black mothers like her. The experience left both mother and daughter fighting for their lives, and Allyson emerged from the traumatic ordeal forever changed. In the months after her daughters birth, Allysons contract negotiations with Nike, her long-time endorsement sponsor, stalled when they refused to put language in her agreement that allowed sufficient recovery time without financial penalty. This, after they had also reduced her pay by 60%. Emboldened by her own harrowing motherhood journey, Allyson resolved to fight back. Her brave campaign to create change within Nike reverberated throughout the world of sports and the country at-large, paving the way for the real transformation for female athletes that she still fights for today. Yet, until now, she has never shared her full truth.

InFast and SlowAllyson Felix chronicles with raw honesty the key milestones that shaped her as a person, mother, businesswoman, groundbreaking change-agent, and the most decorated track and field athlete of all time. In the process she shows readers what it looks like to boldly step into your powerone decision, one act, one bold commitment to yourself at a time.

Allyson Felixis the most decorated track and field athlete of all time, with thirty-one global medals and a reputation as one of sports most transformative figures. She is a leading advocate for Black maternal health, gender equity, and maternity protections in athletics. Felix is also the co-founder of Saysh, a lifestyle and footwear brand built for and by women, and Always Alpha, the first sports management agency focused exclusively on womens sports. In 2024, she launched the Olympic Village nursery at the Paris Games in partnership with Pampers, setting a new precedent for supporting athlete-parents. In 2025, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame and elected to the IOC Athletes Commission. That year she also premieredShe Runs the World, an award-winning documentary on her fight for improved maternal health policies in sports. Felix lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

• Publisher: The Dial Press
• Publish Date: March 30, 2027
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9780593977712
• Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.1 X 0.0 inches | 1.3 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Biography & Memoir, Sports & Outdoors