weekly check-in

[ilanarama]

It's not Tuesday! It's very, very, very late Monday!

How was your week, runners? What are you planning for this week?

Instead of an inspirational quote, I'd like to point you to something a bit longer. Life is for Participating is the account of Kathryn Switzer's groundbreaking run of the Boston Marathon, at that time a men-only event, in 1967. At that time, women were thought to be unfit for distance running and barred from many competitions and races. Switzer's race changed that all: in 1972, women were officially welcomed as competitors in the Boston Marathon, and in 1984 the Olympics included a women's marathon.

Comments

[vyola]

Thank you very much for the link. I'm astounded at the ignorance of people at the time, believing that women couldn't run long distances. I don't know how anyone could think that, given the way women walk for days carrying heavy packs or dragging travois in some nomadic cultures. Anyway, Kathrine Switzer is a hero, and I'm glad to have learned of her accomplishments.

Sunday I graduated the c25k program, running 5 km in 33 minutes, and I'm very pleased with that result.

I plan to add half a km every week on two long slow runs, and run a fast 5 km once a week, at least for the next few weeks, and see how my legs feel about that.

[ilanarama]

What blows me away is that the longest distance women were allowed to run competitively in those days was one mile.

Congratulations on your completion of c25k! And good luck with your planned program.

[bewize]

WOW. That is awesome! Congrats. :D

This is my last week and I'm heading out tonight for run no. 1. But I'm not that fast yet.

[vyola]

Thank you :-D
I didn't think I was that fast yet either, but it felt like a race, so I was very motivated.

[cyphomandra]

Congratulations on completing the program! And in ten weeks you'll be up to 10k :)

[vyola]

Thank you :-D
I sure hope so!

[marinarusalka]

Congrats on finishing the program! You're awesome!