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The First Woman to Officially Run the Boston Marathon (2018x26)
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“No woman can run the Boston Marathon,” said Arnie Briggs, Kathrine Switzer’s running coach. This coming from a man who had been excited to see a woman start running with the all-male cross country team at Syracuse University. He insisted that women were too fragile to run for 26 miles, though he conceded that if Switzer could do a 26-mile practice run, he’d take her to Boston.
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Sources:
http://bobbigibb.com/
http://kathrineswitzer.com/about-kathrine/1967-boston-marathon-the-real-story/
http://kathrineswitzer.com/about-kathrine/kathrine-switzer-faqs/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGXvBAmTsY
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/sports/othersports/15switzer.html?_r=1&
http://www.wbur.org/2011/04/15/switzer-marathon
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