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Aug 2024
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Rosie Ruiz and the Marathon Women with M...

Sarah Marshall
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Maggie Mertens tells us a tale of the first women who fought to run the marathon, and of one woman who decided to cut to the finish line.

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Find Maggie's book Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women online here.

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