Violet Piercy

[bambam1729]

In 1926 a British woman named Violet Piercy supposedly ran a marathon from Windsor to London along the original 1908 Olympic marathon course. It is occasionally listed as the first women's marathon record - she finished in 3-40:22. It is now considered irregular and probably short. However, 2 very nice articles on Violet Piercy can be found here:

https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/gender-and-sport/the-forgotten-first-ladyrediscovering-violet-piercy-marathon-pioneerpart-1/

https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/gender-and-sport/the-forgotten-first-ladyrediscovering-violet-piercy-marathon-pioneerpart-2/

[bad hammy]

The NY Times logs in with a belated obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/o...verlooked.html

[Vault-emort]

Always interesting to hear about these often forgotten pioneers. Looking forward to the final chapter.