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Kathrine Switzer to Inspire in Iconic Bib 261! 

Photo by Hagen Hopkins Distance running legend Kathrine Switzer laces them up for this year’s Boston 10K for Women Presented by REI Co-op, her first time running New England’s largest all-women’s sporting event. The running icon will run alongside more than
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Welcome Back Anne Audain!

Our 1982 Champion Returns as This Year’s Official Starter! We are thrilled this year to welcome back our 1982 champion, Anne Audain! Anne returns to Boston from her home in Indiana, and will serve as the Official Starter of the
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Bostonian Erika Kemp Wins the 2022 Boston 10K for Women

She sprints away with a 32:15 victory in her race debut It was a hometown victory at the 46th Boston 10K for Women Presented by REI, as 27-year-old Erika Kemp broke the tape and set a new personal best with
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Welcome PUMA!

The Boston 10k for Women Presented by REI is proud to announce PUMA as our official footwear and apparel partner! PUMA’s support of the event for its 45th running this October will put their logo on the race bib number,
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Welcome REI!

Boston 10K for Women Welcomes REI Co-op as Presenting Sponsor We are thrilled to announce a new presenting sponsorship of the Boston 10K for Women with Recreational Equipment, Inc., the nation’s leading outdoor retailer and largest consumer co-op, known globally
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New date coming for 2021!

We applaud the Boston Athletic Association for its commitment to safely host the 2021 Boston Marathon on October 11, 2021. The announcement of the 125th Boston Marathon date is a hopeful first step to the return of in-person events. As
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The Boston 10K for Women, anywhere

A new approach for an upside-down year. In what is the unfortunate reality of road racing in 2020, we’ve had to officially move the 2020 Boston 10K for Women to a virtual format this October.  We thought of many different scenarios
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A new look for Boston 10K for Women

With the beginning of a new decade comes the chance for many brands, events, and companies to switch up their look, logo, and colors. At the Boston 10K for Women, we did all three. We sat down with runner, mother,
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Bobbi Gibb to be Official Starter

Women’s running pioneer and legend to start October’s race In the 1960s, there was a belief—by some—that women where not physiologically able to run long distances. Roberta Gibb disagreed. She could regularly run for hours near her home in Southern
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A burst of speed – 2018 race highlights

It’s nearly impossible to put all that electric race day energy into words, but we thought it was time we captured at least a bit of that magic in a video. To the women running and the women we run
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