We like to open up questions on Twitter to our followers, and one question that Angela wanted us to ask was “What running myths would you like to get rid of once and for all?”Īmby Burfoot has recently released his sixth book, First Ladies of Running. We talk about some of the early women running legends including Joan Benoit, Kathrine Switzer, and the first women to run Boston, Bobbi Gibb.Īmby also talks about an entertaining story he discovered when he was writing the book from Grace Butcher, a farm girl from Ohio.Īmby talks in depth on why he included Ophrah Winfrey in his book on the first ladies of running. We also talk about the future of women’s running and how the Internet has greatly affected the high school girl’s running scene. We finish the interview with some stories about the early days of New England road races in the 60’s and early 70’s.
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