On an April morning in Boston in 1966, despite being told she was physically incapable of running 20+ miles, Bobbi Gibb slipped into the crowd of 500 runners. Three hours and 21 minutes later, she became the first woman to ever run the fabled Boston Marathon.

Sources

https://www.sportsmuseum.org/curators-corner/bobbi-gibb-marathon-pioneer/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Gibb

http://www.runningpast.com/gibb_story.htm

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