The Boston Marathon is next month, but women weren’t officially allowed to run in it until 1972. Officials said it would shock a woman’s body to run more than one and a half miles at a time! In 1966 one woman began to change all that by sneaking into the race wearing her brother’s shorts and a new pair of men’s running shoes since they didn’t make them for women until a dozen years later. But Bobbi Gibb’s finish time was outstanding.

<p>The Boston Marathon is next month, but women weren&rsquo;t officially allowed to run in it until 1972. Officials said it would shock a woman&rsquo;s body to run more than one and a half miles at a time! In 1966 one woman began to change all that by sneaking into the race wearing her brother&rsquo;s shorts and a new pair of men&rsquo;s running shoes since they didn&rsquo;t make them for women until a dozen years later. But Bobbi Gibb&rsquo;s finish time was outstanding.</p>

Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.

<p>Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.</p>

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The Backstory: How come there were no women’s running shoes until 1978?

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