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.
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