Occupation: Author Birth: January 5, 1947
I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable..
At the finish line of the 1967 Boston Marathon, one crabby journalist said it was just a one-off deal and women weren't going to run. Only a 20-year-….
Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967..
Jock Semple said "Oh the women ran well today the Boston Marathon and they deserve to be in the race." I had to laugh. I said "Well it took us five y….
What I've done in this older part of my life is I started foundation called 261 Fearless, named after my old ,1967 Boston Marathon, bib number.I thou….
A picture, of Jock Semple kissed me,appeared in The New York Times the next day after Boston Marathon in 1973, and the caption was "The end of an era….
Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that.
I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I obviously had a great sense of ….
Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he was an over-stressed race direct….
Women is out because she's getting in her daily dose of empowerment, freedom and fearlessness. She has put on her freedom wings for 20 minutes or two….
I don't have any kids of my own, quite by choice. There are two reasons for that. One, I had a sense of obligation for what my life would be and a vi….
All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other..
When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their ….
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon..
When I forgave Jock Semple on Heartbreak Hill, I also got really cross with women. I couldn't understand why they didn't get it, why they didn't know….
I married the right guy later in life. Roger Robinson is just so wonderful but I was 40 and by that time he had been married and had his family. I re….
Most people don't know this but over the course of time, the official of the race in 1967 in Boston, who attacked me Jock Semple and I became very go….
I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity..
When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now we're heading towards total equal….
Life is for participating, not for spectating..
There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout.