Anything you can do I can do better: 25 years of Women’s Marathons (and it’s not a battle of the sexes)

At the 1984 Olympics, Grete Waitz, Rosa Mota, Joan Benoit, and 47 other women stood on the start line for the first Olympic Women’s Marathon. These women had some idea that they were about to make a 26.2 mile quantum leap for woman runners, but all they had on their minds was running, racing, and enjoying the ride to the finish line. Women’s distance running made it’s official debut on August 5th at the ’84 Olympics, but not without a fight. Women have... Read More