THE FINISH LINE! All worth it to raise money for #Grenfell community & #londonmarathon /lkfFXfr0dA It was quite a journey to get to this point - hours of gruelling training, fundraising, a 7 hour marathon, but then. She wore the same number on Sunday, bib number 261, as she did during the Boston marathon. An iconic photo shows the official being pushed aside, leaving Switzer free to finish the race.
She entered the race using just her initials, and an official tried to remove her from the course during the race. Well, she ran the London Marathon today, aged 71, and with the same bib number, 261. Many of you will know this photo: officials trying to stop Kathrine Switzer running the Boston Marathon in 1967 because, y'know, women can't run marathons. Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967, when women weren't allowed to compete in marathons. Read more: The UK Just Went 55 Hours Without Using Coal for the First Time Ever He was paralysed from the waist down after being thrown through the windscreen in the crash, in which two of his friends were killed.ĭespite being told he would never walk again, Zach just became the first person ever to compete in the London marathon after suffering a total spinal cord break.
In 2012, Zach Washington-Young was in a coach crash when travelling back from Bestival in the Isle of Wight. We can’t namedrop everyone, but here are a few of the runners who have reminded us how brave and tough people can be. Cheering from the sidelines, it seemed like everyone had their own amazing reason for running - whether it was in memory of a loved one, or to raise money for a charity, or just to prove to themselves they really can run 26.2 miles.
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