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Katie Holmes
@RunYoung50
Sports historian - women's distance running | Member @WomensHistNet | Trustee @BritSportHisSoc | Tender Writer @KLowConsulting
Oct 28, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
April 1975, the furthest women are permitted to run in the UK is 6k. Pressure for change is building...as this letter to @AthleticsWeekly shows...
#SportsHistory #MarathonHistory Image The change came in "on a trial basis" in October 1975 when the English women's governing body for road racing permitted women to run longer distances depending on their age - 21+ for the marathon.
#WomensRunningHistory
Nov 14, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
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.