Here’s the story: there has been a long-standing belief that a woman slipped into the 1951 Boston Marathon undetected and ran the race. If that could be proven it would make her the first woman to have run a marathon on American soil. She wore “red,” as claimed by a group of Canadian runners who say they tried to bring the matter to the attention of race Director Jock Semple and other race officials. But to no avail, their story was never corroborated, and so today the “Runner in Red” remains a mystery and an urban legend.
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“Runner in Red moves faster than a speeding bullet through the streets of Boston,
capturing the essence of an old myth and the excitement of a new empowering story
of women, passion, courage and heart.”
—Kathrine Switzer, the first registered woman runner of the Boston Marathon
in 1967, who ran it again 50 years later in 2017; founder, 261 Fearless,
which empowers women through running (261fearless.org)
“Tom Murphy’s Runner in Red is an incredible story with so much local color and facts
one could almost believe his book may be more fact than fiction.”
—Gloria G. Ratti, Vice President Boston Athletic AssociationÂ
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