Switzer Breaks Marathon Barrier
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Sam Parr shares a historical story about Katherine Switzer breaking gender barriers in marathon running.
"Katherine Switzer - you probably don't know who she is, but there's this famous picture of a woman running a marathon with a priest pushing her out of the road. For a long time, women were not allowed to run marathons. There was no such thing as women in the Olympics - they thought women were too weak to run.
This woman came along, I think it was in the seventies, and she starts running this marathon. There's this famous picture of this guy pushing her out of the street. That signals to all women 'No, f*** this, you can do it.' If you look up 'marathon woman push' you'll see this famous picture.
This moment represented a significant breakthrough for women's rights in sports."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.