At the finish line of the 1967 Boston Marathon, one crabby journalist said it was just a one-off … - Kathrine Switzer

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Kathrine Switzer

At the finish line of the 1967 Boston Marathon, one crabby journalist said it was just a one-off deal and women weren't going to run. Only a 20-year-old who had just run a marathon and was shot full of endorphin would say this but I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's.

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