The Victoria Goddess Run is a Women’s Only walk and run with the What’s Up Media 5km, Westhills 10km, and Frontrunners Half Marathon.
Sunday, June 3, 2012 at City Centre Park in Langford, BC.
The Victoria Goddess Run is an opportunity for women to come together, celebrate the power that we can embrace when we work together to reach our goals.
I'm not sure if I don't actually have an issue with this event.
I can't see any good reason why it should be exclusive to women.
Anybody?
I mean, it's a run, it's not even a competitive event. Even if it were, both genders could run together, like they do in other races.
Boston Marathon:
Women were not allowed to enter the Boston Marathon officially until 1972. Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb is recognized as the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon (in 1966). In 1967, Kathrine Switzer, who had registered as "K. V. Switzer", was the first woman to run with a race number. She finished, despite a famous incident in which race official Jock Semple tried to rip off her numbers and eject her from the race.[8] In 1996 the B.A.A. retroactively recognized as champions the unofficial women's leaders of 1966 through 1971. In 2011, about 43 percent of the entrants were female.
Incident in bold above: