Boston Marathon Finish Line
A woman ran this race in 1966 and the director said she had not.
Listen to this place’s story in Peplos.
How the story begins
The letter told Bobbi Gibb that women were not physiologically able to run a marathon, and by then she was running up to forty miles at a time. The race director, Will Cloney, had turned her down, and in that era women were barred from competitive races longer than a mile and a half. She took a bus from San Diego, three days and four nights. Her mother drove her to the start in Hopkinton.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
Boylston Street, between Exeter and Dartmouth streets, in front of the Boston Public Library. A city street, open at all hours, no entry cost.
Sources
- WGBH, Mile 5: the story of Bobbi Gibb
- Vice, When Bobbi Gibb crashed the Boston Marathon
- WBUR, Bobbi Gibb statue, 27 March 2026
- Boston Athletic Association, race history
- Soha Runner, The moveable finish, 2012
- Cryan, Discover the Boston Marathon finish lines, 2016
- Lenox Hotel, History of the finish line
- Wikipedia, Bobbi Gibb, for her marriage
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