Iyiphi imarathoni eyaqedwa owesifazane wokuqala ngokusemthethweni, ngokusho kwesigaba.
Context:Kwaphela isikhathi eside ngemva kokuqala komncintiswano wama-Olympic we-marathon, ingekho imijaho emide, njengomncintiswano wama-marathon, yabesifazane. Nakuba abesifazane abambalwa, abanjengoStamata Revithi ngo-1896, babegijime ibanga le - marathon, abazange bafakwe kunoma yimiphi imiphumela esemthethweni. UMarie-Louise Ledru uye wabhekwa njengowesifazane wokuqala ukugijima umjaho wama-marathon, ngo-1918. UViolet Piercy uye wabhekwa njengowesifazane wokuqala ukuba abhaliswe isikhathi ngokomthetho emjahweni wama-marathon, ngo-1926.  U-Arlene Pieper waba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuqeda ngokusemthethweni umjaho wama-marathon e-United States lapho eqeda iPikes Peak Marathon eManitou Springs, eColorado, ngo-1959. UKathrine Switzer waba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukugijima iBoston Marathon "ngokusemthethweni" (enenenombolo), ngo-1967. Kodwa-ke, ukungena kukaSwitzer, okwamukelwa "ngokunganakwa" enqubweni yokuhlunga, "kwakuwukwephula okucacile imithetho", futhi waphathwa njengongenele lapho iphutha selitholakele. UBobbi Gibb wayeqede umjaho waseBoston ngokungekho emthethweni ngonyaka owedlule (1966), futhi kamuva wabonwa ngabahleli bomjaho njengomnqobi wabesifazane ngalowo nyaka, kanye nango-1967 nango-1968.
Umncintiswano wokuqala womjaho wama-marathon owaqedwa owesifazane kwakuyi-Pikes Peak Marathon, eyaqedwa u-Arlene Pieper ngo-1959.