Mighty Moe
The True Story of a ThirteenYearOld Women's Running Revolutionary
by Rachel Swaby
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appears in Marathon, Running, and Sports.
Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox present Mighty Moe, the untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world recordbreaking marathon time at age 13 was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph. In 1967, a 13yearold girl named Maureen Wilton set the women's world marathon record, running 26.2 miles in 3:15:23. Nicknamed ?L...
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