Educational Resources
Want to learn more about your favorite race?
Whatever brings you to the Women’s Marathon Project, there are resources and information here for you. This page is dedicated to providing resources for learning about running history from experts in the field.
Historical Sources
Ted Corbitt Archives
A Comprehensive guide of African American Running history, centered on the Olympic marathoner and long-distance running pioneer Ted Corbitt. Corbitt’s son Gary has spent much of his life preserving his father’s legacy in the sport and documenting the history of other runners of color in the long-distance running world.
Female Distance Running Books
Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport that Wasn’t Built For Us
Alison Desir
Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women’s Sports
Kathrine Switzer
Good For a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World
Lauren Fleshman
The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team
Kara Goucher, Mary Pilon