These include the gradual inclusion of women in competitive distance running the life of New York City Marathon co-founder Fred Lebow the struggle for high-level amateur runners to get paid and the growth of the now-defunct S piridon, a Swiss running magazine and corresponding effort to expand the running movement. in July, ambitiously chronicles the sport's rise to prominence by tackling several major themes.
Free to Run, an IFC film that premiered in the U.S. These days, road running has become such a mainstream pursuit with such low barriers to entry that it can be difficult to imagine a time when the running community was considered a niche subculture. “There weren’t many of us,” he says, “and we were considered pretty odd.” She went on to campaign for women’s official inclusion in the Boston Marathon in 1972, helped create the first women’s road race, and was instrumental in making the women’s marathon an official Olympic event in 1984.The documentary Free to Run opens with running icon George Hirsch standing on a balcony overlooking Central Park, reminiscing about how, in the late 1960s, he could do a full loop around the park and only encounter a handful of other joggers-most of whom he knew personally. Photos of that moment went across the world, and changed Kathrine’s life and the future of the sport. Kathrine was 20 when she signed up for the world famous Boston Marathon using only her initials, but when she was spotted by race official Jock Semple he attacked her, outraged that a woman was running in the men-only event.
Back then there was a belief that women were physically incapable of doing such long distances, and it could even be dangerous for their health. Kathrine Switzer is a US runner whose dream - back in 1967 - was to be allowed to run a marathon.
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