first Olympic women's marathon in Los Angeles. The field includes Joan Benoit of the US, who wins the gold medal with a time of 2:24:52, and Switzerland's Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, who completes the course despite suffering from heat stroke.
As much as I love the African runners, there wasn’t an African woman alive then who was going to beat Joanie that day. Maybe they had not had the opportunities and training yet.
first Olympic women's marathon in Los Angeles. The field includes Joan Benoit of the US, who wins the gold medal with a time of 2:24:52, and Switzerland's Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, who completes the course despite suffering from heat stroke.
I remember her poster being on my elementary school gym wall growing up here in Portland maine. she’s still a damn savage. Always out running or biking. got to be greeted by her on the mic this morning at the B2B