Confounding the notion that long-distance running was too rigorous for women, she finished her first marathon in 1964; 19 of the men in that race didn’t.
from NYT > Sports https://nyti.ms/2Rn91DM
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Dale Greig, Early Women’s Marathoner, Is Dead at 82
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