Katherine Switzer on that marathon, and what it meant, and what it felt like to be mauled by an enraged Jock Semple.
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And of course the newscaster couldn’t just say there is a woman running the race. No, she’s a “leggy lady”.
The year before that when Bobbi Gibb ran unofficially, Sports Illustrated of course said:
“Last week a tidy-looking and pretty 23-year-old blonde named Roberta Gibb Bingay not only started but also covered the 26-mile, 385-yard course at a clip fast enough to finish ahead of no fewer than 290 of the event’s 415 starters.”
Also:
“Boston was unprepared for the shapely blonde housewife who came out of the bushes to crush male egos and steal the show from the Japanese”
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078491/index.htm
… I’m suddenly very concerned for the uteruses of all the women I used to jog with. I hope they had some sort of reinforcing structure to keep that thing from wandering around.
Yeah, I run over 1000 miles per year, and so far the uterus hasn’t made an appearance. I doubt that such an event would make me stop running, anyway. 🙂
It was good to see Semple ” cross body-blocked” after what he tried to do Katherine. What a loon he must have been.
Won’t someone think of the uteri?!
I’d say ball chaff and sagging is much more of an issue than uterus-hanging. I used to be *raw* after 2 hours on inline skates in abrasive underpants.