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First female Boston Marathon runner Bobbi Gibb on starting a running revolution: “We knew the world was never going to be the same”

May 10, 2023

It wasn’t until she was 21 that Gibb learned for the first time what a marathon was.

Knowing how much she enjoyed running, the father of one of her high school friends suggested Gibb go and watch the Boston Marathon to see elite runners in action. And as soon as she laid eyes on the men running past, her imagination changed forever. Olympics