In 1964, woman were only allowed to compete in races up to a mile and half. It was believed that woman did not have the physiology to run a distance further than 1.5 miles. That same year, Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb witnessed the Boston Marathon for the first time. She grew up outside of Boston in a suburb called Winchester and had been running since she was a young girl. She was 21 at the time and like most of us that make running a permanent part of our lifestyle she ran then