Nnenna Lynch doesn't have time for performative firsts. Yes, she's the first woman to chair the New York Road Runners Board of Directors. And also yes, she's the first Black person to hold that ...

The first woman officially ran the Boston Marathon in 1967, despite an official trying to stop her. Kathrine Switzer has dedicated her life to making running more accessible to women. She thinks ...

A star runner from Kenya, Faith Kipyegon, is set to try to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes this summer, after a study suggested that she could do so under the right ...

Overcoming male resistance as a voice for equality, she was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first official female winner of the Boston race. By Jeré Longman Nina Kuscsik, ...

Long before Diana Wojsznis of Portland, Oregon, became an avid trail runner, she was a teenager with unexplained chronic pain. After years of suffering, at 28, she was diagnosed with a severe form of ...

For years, Cindy Quiroz struggled to maintain a consistent running routine. Though the bilingual school teacher played soccer in high school, running long distances wasn’t much fun compared to ...

A great way to celebrate Women’s History Month is to honor female athletes who paved the way for generations of girls to freely participate in sports. There are countless ways that women were ...