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Why are we still having a conversation about equal distances in cross country? asks @tomwilliams1974 I'm not sure of the answer but here are some thoughts about the history: @run_equal #RunEqual
Until 1975, cross country was the further distance most women & girls in UK got to run (usually up to 2.5 miles)
Perhaps when English women finally got the right to run more than 6k, to compete against men in road races & to run the marathon, attention switched to road racing.
The existence of separate cross country governing bodies for women & men until amalgamation into the English Cross Country Association in 1992 may also have played a part. There were separate events for men & women & perhaps this made the inequality less obvious to some.
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