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Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he was an over-stressed race director, I knew he was protecting his race. It took five years because we had to do our homework - meaning we women - we did our legislative work and we officially got into the Boston Marathon. Then, all was forgiven by Jock Semple.
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Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.
When I finished the Boston race in 1967, there were two things I wanted to do. I wanted to become a better athlete because my first marathon was 4:20. In those days, that was considered a jogging time and I knew people were going to tease me. But I was more fascinated with what women could do if they only had the chance.
I don't have any kids of my own, quite by choice. There are two reasons for that. One, I had a sense of obligation for what my life would be and a vision of how to get that accomplished and it didn't include children. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that if you have them, they deserve 100 per cent of your attention.
Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that
A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come with time.
There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout
Women is out because she's getting in her daily dose of empowerment, freedom and fearlessness. She has put on her freedom wings for 20 minutes or two hours. That's going to make her whole day right and her whole future hold up and seem entirely possible. The sense of her not having any limits, or any restrictions, to me, is so liberating. She doesn't have to prove anything.
1967 race in Boston changed not just my life, but millions of women's lives. There are also things that, when you get older, resonate more.
I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity.
Life is for participating, not for spectating.
