And the race director was on the truck and the guys were teasing him. And alongside of the photographer's truck came the officials' press truck. "At about a mile and a half into the race, the press truck went by us, and they saw that I was a woman in the race wearing numbers and they began taking pictures. You're going to grow hair on your chest.' It was hilarious, the myths.
" 'You'll never have children,' they said. "It was feared that anything longer was going to injure women, that they wouldn't be able to have children or they somehow turned into men," she told NPR. The longest distance women were allowed to run in the Olympics at that time was 800 meters. Still, despite proof that women could clearly complete marathons, the athletic world generally assumed that women "couldn't run and didn't want to run" that far, Switzer says. Bobbi Gibb hid in the bushes by the starting line and snuck into the mass of runners as they passed, finishing in 3:21:40. She noted that a woman had already run the course once - without entering. At the point where she was once confronted by that race official, she posted a Facebook Live video - smiling as she ran, with her bib number, 261, pinned safely in place.īefore the race, Switzer spoke with NPR about the day she made history.
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