American Fitness, November 1st, 2000
One of the most endearing traits of human beings is to continuously push beyond any arbitrary limit placed on them. Female athletes offer some of the most stellar examples of this phenomenon. Every time it is predicted that women won't be able to break a 4-minute mile, swim faster than a man or slalom past the current record, there arises some female--self-confident, strong and well-trained--who tromps on all of our preconceived notions about gender differences in motor performance.
Women were cautioned not to run long distances and banned from many marathons until Joan Benoit blew them awa...
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