>> I WROTE FOR AN APPLICATION TO THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN 1966.
GOT A LETTER BACK -- "WOMEN ARE NOT PHYSIOLOGICALLY ABLE TO RUN MARATHON DISTANCES." >> THERE HAS BEEN ONE OLD RULE THAT HAS BEEN IN FOR QUITE A WHILE THAT SAYS ALL MUST BE
REGISTERED MALE ATHLETES.
>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BAA.
I THINK THAT RACE THE LIMIT OF WOMAN CAN RUN TO TWO MILES FOR SOME THING LIKE THAT.
>> I CALLED MY PARENTS AND SAID I WAS HOME AND I WAS GOING TO RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON.
THEY THOUGHT I WAS NUTS.
MY FATHER WENT SLAMMING OUT OF THE HOUSE I CONVINCED MY MOTHER TO DRIVE ME, AND THAT I FOUND A BUNCH OF BUSH’S AS CLOSE TO THE STARTING LINE AS I COULD GET WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
I WAITED UNTIL HALF THE PACK WENT BY AND I JUMPED IN.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE MEN REALIZED I WAS A WOMAN AND I COULD HEAR THEM TALKING BEHIND ME AND STUDYING MY ANATOMY FROM THE REAR AND SAYING " IS THAT A GIRL?"
I TURNED AROUND AND SMILED AND SAID, "IT IS A GIRL." I GOT TO THE FINISH.
THE PRESS WAS ALL AROUND.
THEY COULDN’T BELIEVE A WOMAN HAD RUN THE MARATHON AND RUN IT WELL.
>> THOSE WERE PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE RACE IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT, WHEN WOMEN FIRST STARTED TO RUN.
AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE WONDERFUL MOMENTS IN THE TELLING OF THE STORY OF THE BOSTON MARATHON.
>> THE YEAR AFTER BOBBY GIVE TURNED HEADS, 600 RUNNERS GATHERED IN THE HI-SCHOOL GYM.
261 WAITED OUTSIDE IN THE CAR.
>> I SIGNED MY FORM KD SWITZER.
IF I CIT KATHERINE, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
>> HE DID NOT SPOT THE FEMALE INTERLOPER.
>> EVERYONE HAD TO PULL UP THEIR SHIRTS TO SHOW THEIR BIBS.
THERE WAS THE CO-RACE DIRECTOR CHECKING OFF BIG NUMBERS.
HE PUSHED ME WITH THE GUYS, AND DOWN THE STREET WE WENT.
>> SWITZER RAN WITH HER COLLEGE COACH AND HER BOYFRIEND.
>> THE PRESS BUS WAS MOVING PAST, AND A BEAT WRITER SAW CATHERINE SWITZER AND TURNED AROUND AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN YOUR RACE?
A BROAD!
JOC HAD A FIERY SCOTTISH PERSONALITY AND DISPOSITION, AND HE WENT CRAZY.
>> I HEARD A SCREECH OF A BUS STOP IN, AND I TURNED AND THIS CASE, THE ANGRIEST FACE I HAVE RESULTED -- I EVER SAW.
I WENT, AH, THEN HE GRABBED ME BY THE SHOULDERS AND SAID, "GET THE HELL OUT OF THE RACE AND GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS." HE WENT AFTER ME AGAIN AND COULD ONLY GRAB MY SHIRT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BOYFRIEND, AN ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER, CAME RUNNING, POW, FULLTILT, AND HIT JOC WITH A SHOULDER BLOCK AND SENT HIM TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
I WAS SO HUMILIATED.
I SAID TO ARNIE, "I’VE GOT A FINISH THIS RACE ON MY HANDS AND MY KNEES IF I HAVE TO." >> FROM THE RACE’S EARLY DAYS TO THE TRAGEDY OF THE 2013 BOMBINGS TO THE HOPE OF BOSTON STRONG,
"BOSTON: THE DOCUMENTARY" CHRONICLES THE HISTORY OF THE BOSTON MARATHON AND ITS ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF A MOTION.
ALTHOUGH HE HAS NEVER RUN BOSTON HIMSELF, JON DUNHAM IS A VETERAN OF 25 MARATHONS.
>> BOSTON BEING THE GOLD STANDARD OF MARATHONS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS INTERESTED ME.
ANYBODY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF UPLIFT AND A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE THAT THERE’S THE POSSIBILITY OF TRIUMPHANT OVER ADVERSITY.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THE FILM.
>> DUNHAM SAYS AN INCREDIBLY MOVING MOMENT WAS THE SPEECH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA GAVE IN BOSTON THREE DAYS AFTER THE BOMBINGS, A SPEECH THAT HELPED TO HEAL A SHATTERED CITY AND
INSPIRED BOSTONIANS TO LOOK FORWARD TO A BETTER DAY.
>> IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SEQUENCES IN THE FILM.
A VERY HEAVY TIME, VERY DIFFICULT TIME, BUT HE HANDLED IT SO WELL.
PRES. OBAMA: WE WILL PICK OURSELVES UP.
WE WILL KEEP GOING.
WE WILL FINISH THE RACE.
SOMEWHERE AROUND T BAND, A STRANGER HAS A CUP OF WATER.
ON THAT HAVE A SMILE,--THAT TOUGHEST MILE, SOME WILL WILL BE THERE TO CHEER US ON AN PICK US UP WHEN WE FALL.
WE KNOW THAT IT ON THE THIRD MONDAY IN APRIL HIM THE WORLD WILL RETURN TO THIS GREAT AMERICAN CITY TO RUN HARDER THAN EVER AND TO CHEER EVEN LOUDER FOR THE 118TH BOSTON MARATHON.
SHAYNA: GIVES ME CHILLS.
JON DUNHAM TELLS US PRODUCTION ON THE FILM HAD ALREADY STARTED WHEN THE BOMBINGS TOOK PLACE IN 2013.
BUT THE FILM IS ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
IT TELLS THE FULL HISTORY OF THE MARATHON.
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