9 Sep 2020 | Popular articles, Women's endurance running history, Women's marathon history |
Imagine a time when women did not run in road races. Imagine a time when women were told distance running would harm their health. Imagine a time when running in a marathon meant risking being jeered at or even assaulted. This time was in my lifetime. I was born in...
19 May 2019 | Women's endurance running history |
Molly Schiot’s book “Game Changers: the unsung heroines of sports history” is dedicated to “all the women who were forever told ‘no'”. It is replete with examples of women who followed their dreams and ambitions in sport despite...
19 Apr 2019 | Women's endurance running history, Women's marathon history |
On 3rd August 1980, 200 women from 27 countries lined up in Battersea Park in London to run a marathon: the third Avon International Marathon. Maureen Fitzpatrick was one of those women, excitedly waiting at the start and hoping to complete her first marathon at the...
21 May 2016 | Popular articles, Women's marathon history |
On a sunny day in August 1980, 181 women from 26 countries lined up in Battersea Park in London to run a marathon. It was the first time the city’s streets had ever been closed for a race. It was the 3rd August. Two days before, the men’s marathon had...
9 Nov 2014 | Women's endurance running history, Women's marathon history |
Kathrine Switzer is one of the most famous endurance runners of the twentieth century – not for her performances but for a milestone event. In 1967 she was the first woman to officially enter and complete the Boston Marathon, one of the longest-established marathon...
