Ka cika wannan magana: An soma amincewa da mata a matsayin 'yan wasa. Gudun kan hanya da tseren marathon ya zama wurin da za su yi fice. Matan majagaba a Amurka ciki har da Kathrine Switzer, Jacqueline Hansen da Miki Gorman sun jagoranci wasu mata suyi imani da cewa zasu iya gudu da gaske. Mary Decker, Francie Larrieu da Grete Waitz na Norway duk sun kasance wani ɓangare na wani abin mamaki wanda ya ƙare a Joan Benoit ta
Gasar Marathon ta Olympics ta 1984, wacce ita kanta ta sa mata da yawa su yi gudu.