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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

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

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

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4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0

Have you ever had sort of a big dream for yourself, but were constantly told by people around you that it just wouldn't work?

0:06.5

You don't have the right stuff.

0:08.3

Well, what did you do about it?

0:09.9

Here's the thing.

0:11.0

Not that long ago, despite a lifelong love of running, Bobby Gibb was disqualified from running one of the world's biggest marathons simply because she was a woman. I'm Patty Steele, going

0:22.9

stealth to run the Boston Marathon. That's next on the backstory. Love at first swipe. I highly

0:31.3

doubt it. What's your biggest red flag? No, no, no. What's your ultimate green flag? These

0:36.8

days, reality TV and social media have us

0:39.4

thinking love is instant. We're marrying strangers at first sight, we're finding love through

0:44.8

walls, or we're even judging people by balloon pops. But what really makes a relationship

0:51.1

last? On this episode of Dope Labs, poet, author, and relationship

0:55.6

expert, Young Pueblo, breaks down the psychology and biology of loving better. And he provides

1:01.7

eye-opening insights and advice that we all need. It's a big realization moment that you should not be

1:08.4

postponing your happiness. Like Like your greatest happiness is not necessarily

1:12.9

going to like come from a relationship. Your partner, they should add to your happiness, but your

1:18.8

happiness is really coming from within you. Listen to dope labs on the Iheart radio app, Apple

1:23.7

podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. The more you listen to your kids, the closer you'll be.

1:34.8

Find resources to help you support your kids and their emotional well-being at soundedouttogether.org.

1:40.9

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1:43.6

Brought to you by the ad council and

1:45.2

pivotal. The backstory is back. The Boston Marathon is coming up in the next month,

1:54.3

and backstory listeners Sue Aller of Oceanside Long Island turned me on to this story. But honestly,

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