Mums going the distance

Mums on the go: (From left) Loh, Wong and Choong aim to encourage more women to take up marathon running actively.

LONG distance running for women has come a long way since Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to participate in the traditionally all-male Boston Marathon in 1967.

Switzer, who completed the 42km race, made headlines then, but she kept running. Five years later the Boston Marathon opened the event to women.