I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
Episode 446: Joan Benoit Samuelson; Pioneer in Women’s running- first Women’s Olympic Marathon Champion (1984)
36 minutes Posted Feb 17, 2023 at 7:52 am.
, which she ran in Chicago. She won the Boston Marathon in 1979 while a college student and she won it again in 1983. She is the founder of the Beach to Beacon race.
Joan’s involvement with the Donna Foundation
Beach to Beacon
Her involvement in the running community
Winning the Boston Marathon and seeing a change in women’s running
Her passion for running
Running with her daughter
Shifting out of her professional running career
The current state of women’s running
Her impact on the sport
What matters most to her in life
Not allowing pressure to steal your joy
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Joan Benoit Samuelson is an icon in our sport! Joan is the gold medalist from the first women’s Olympic marathon in 1984. She held the American record for 28 years in the marathon,
She is one of the founders of the Donna Marathon which is how we met each other! The Donna Marathon supports families walking through a breast cancer diagnosis through the Donna Foundation and it supports ground breaking research.
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