6. She ran her best in an era when there just weren't womens running role models. She had no to to follow, she literally wrote the script for distance excellence. And that is so hard to to.
She had lots of role models who paved the way ahead of her: Robert Gibb, Nina Kuscsik, Jacqueline Hansen, Cheryl Bridges - the list is long. Joan is great but she didn't just drop out of the sky. Read up on the history of women's marathoning.
6. She ran her best in an era when there just weren't womens running role models. She had no to to follow, she literally wrote the script for distance excellence. And that is so hard to to.
She had lots of role models who paved the way ahead of her: Robert Gibb, Nina Kuscsik, Jacqueline Hansen, Cheryl Bridges - the list is long. Joan is great but she didn't just drop out of the sky. Read up on the history of women's marathoning.
Joan wrote the forward for Jacqueline Hansen's book that tells the history and let's you know she credits those who came before. Without Jacqueline's efforts there would not have been a 1984 Olympics women's marathon race at all:
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A Long Time Coming: Running through the women's marathon revolution [Hansen, Jacqueline] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Long Time Coming: Running through the women's marathon revolution