![]() Switzer was covering the race for television that day and interviewed Ruiz after her blazing finish. She noted Ruiz's unruffled appearance and also noticed that she seemed unfamiliar with basic running terms. Her time was clocked at 2:31:56, an astonishing 25 minutes faster than her only previous marathon time and a course record. According to Time magazine, Rosie Ruiz breezed through the finish line tape like it was nothing, barely sweating and hardly out of breath. Another runner emerged and beat the apparent leaders by two whole minutes. But something changed between mile 22 and the finish line at mile 26.2. As she approached mile marker 22, Gareau spotted Katherine Switzer, the first woman ever to complete the Boston Marathon, who raised one finger, indicating that Gareau was running in first place. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the day of the Boston Marathon in 1980, Jacqueline Gareau and Patti Lyons thought they were running first and second among the women's field. ![]()
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