Cautionary Tales did an episode on Switzer. this was not the only effort to stop her from running. they blocked her from entering, they followed her along the route, and they tried to block her from finishing. her trainer and then-partner (both to the right of her) got in fist-fights to stop people from sabotaging her run.
We Regret To Inform You also did a great podcast on the subject, but started with the story of Bobbi Gibb who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon, but couldn’t register for it because “women can’t run the length of a marathon” or something like that.
Cautionary Tales did an episode on Switzer. this was not the only effort to stop her from running. they blocked her from entering, they followed her along the route, and they tried to block her from finishing. her trainer and then-partner (both to the right of her) got in fist-fights to stop people from sabotaging her run.
Moronic men not letting women finish, tale old as history. The feckin cunts.
“Was it as good for you as it was for me?”
“You didn’t even let me-”
“btw you can’t own property either”
Go to show that small men have been threatened by any affront to their primacy as long as there have been people.
We Regret To Inform You also did a great podcast on the subject, but started with the story of Bobbi Gibb who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon, but couldn’t register for it because “women can’t run the length of a marathon” or something like that.