S4, E3: SIX WHO SAT

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4.5 • 9.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Before the 1970s, women were not welcome at the world's great marathons, but a few brave pioneers sought to challenge that system. Six Who Sat tells the story of two iconic moments in women's running, both captured in photographs. The first, from 1968, is of a race director trying to physically restrain a woman from running the Boston Marathon. The second, from 1972, is of a protest at the New York City Marathon that forever changed women's ability to participate in the sport they loved. This episode was produced by Transmitter Media, and narrated by Hillary Frank. 30for30 Podcasts is hosted by Jody Avirgan. 30for30podcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to 30 for 30 podcasts from ESPN Films and DSPN Audio.
0:14.0	My name is Jody Avergan.
0:17.0	This week, episode three of our fourth season, a story all about a pivotal moment of protest in long-distance running.
0:24.6	Running is the most popular form of exercise in the world.
0:27.5	Today, around the globe, there are more than 1,000 marathons annually.
0:31.6	But before the 1970s running, especially here in the United States, was a fringe sport.
0:36.8	No one even made running shoes in the United States. was a fringe sport. No one even made running shoes
0:38.1	in the United States. But for women runners, the trouble went way past a lack of shoes. Women
0:44.0	were actively discouraged from running for a number of reasons, both within the running community
0:48.5	and by society at large. This week's story is about a time when that started to change, a time
0:54.0	bracketed by two key moments captured in two key photographs.
0:58.1	One, you may have seen the other, probably not.
1:01.4	This episode was produced by Transmitter Media.
1:04.5	Hillary Frank is our host.
1:06.4	Here we go with The Six Who Sat.
1:18.0	Thank you. we go with The Six Who Sat. When I was a young girl, people, even the milkman, the mailman, would go to my mother and say,
1:23.6	is there something wrong with your little girl?
1:25.3	I see her out running.
1:26.4	People would look at what are they running from? Where are they going? Is there a problem?
1:30.1	They throw something out the window at you from a car, you know, maybe like a piece of paper or a soda
1:35.0	bottle. And everybody's dog would chase you and want to bite you. I remember an incident
1:39.1	running around with my running buddies, all women, and some guy came up and pinched one of us, pinched on the rump.
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