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Women Banned From Marathons

In 1926, women were banned from competing in marathons because it was believed it caused infertility. After the Violet Percy from Great Britain who ran first official marathon, 800m was the maximum distance a woman could "safely" run. It wasn't until 1963 the next official time was recorded for a woman. Interesting fact is that Violet Percy is not the first women to run the marathon. Three years before her, Frances Hayward in 1923 finished Comrades marathon in 11 hours and 35 minutes (unofficially since women were not allowed to run this marathon).

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Stone Countertops
Very informative post! Thanks for sharing. Good thing I have dropped by here...
Stone Countertops at at 10:25PM, Oct 18th 2009.
sridhar
fine
sridhar at at 08:34AM, Oct 21st 2009.
bbygrl
whatever!
bbygrl at at 08:32PM, Oct 23rd 2009.
blah
i think that taht is a stupid reason for not letting women run. what kind of dumb person thinks that if a woman runs shes not gonna have babies?
blah at at 01:04PM, Nov 3rd 2009.
Crones
BLAH - you're wrong. There's good evidence that running long distances can actually cause women to not be able to conceive .. check it out.
Crones at at 08:17PM, Nov 6th 2009.
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Interesting Facts

Can you show us the source of this evidence?
Interesting Facts at at 09:59AM, Nov 8th 2009.
Alex
Actually I'm pretty sure the first woman to run a marathon was Stamatis Rovithi. She ran a marathon after the 1896 Olympic marathon competition had been completed since women were not allowed to participate in the Olympic events.
Alex at at 11:04PM, Nov 22nd 2009.
Kristin
yes, high intensity can causes menstruation to stop. This is fact.
Kristin at at 11:55AM, Jan 2nd 2010.
Phat ass
Lol
Phat ass at at 02:42PM, Jan 25th 2010.

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