There was a time when women were prohibited from running marathons because it was widely believed that such a strenuous activity would make their uterus fall. This sounds hilarious now but this was precisely why marathons were off limits to women for many years.
However, in 1967, a university student named Kathrine Switzer, snuck into the starting line of the Boston Marathon after having registered as K. Switzer to mislead organizers into believing she was male.
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