Ndeipi nhangemutange yakapedzwa nomukadzi wokutanga zviri pamutemo, zvichibva pandima yacho.
Context:Kwenguva refu pashure pokunge marathon yeOlympic yatanga, kwakanga kusina nhangemutange dzenguva refu, dzakadai semarathon, nokuda kwavakadzi. Kunyange zvazvo vakadzi vashomanene, vakadai saStamata Revithi muna 1896, vakanga vamhanyira daro remarathon, havana kubatanidzwa mumigumisiro ipi neipi yapamutemo. Marie-Louise Ledru anozivikanwa somukadzi wokutanga kupedza nhangemutange yemarathon, muna 1918. Violet Piercy akarumbidzwa somukadzi wokutanga kunyorwa nguva zviri pamutemo munhangemutange yemarathon, muna 1926.  Arlene Pieper akava mukadzi wokutanga kupedza nhangemutange yomumhanya muUnited States paakapedza Pikes Peak Marathon muManitou Springs, Colorado, muna 1959. Kathrine Switzer akanga ari mukadzi wokutanga kumhanya muBoston Marathon "pamutemo" (ane nhamba), muna 1967. Zvisinei, kupinda kwaSwitzer, uko kwakagamuchirwa kupfurikidza ne"kutarisirwa" mumutoo wokunzvera, kwakanga kuri mu"kutsoropodza kwakakomba kwemitemo", uye iye akabatwa somunhu anopindira apo chikanganiso chakawanwa. Bobbi Gibb akanga apedza nhangemutange yeBoston zvisiri pamutemo gore rakapfuura (1966), uye akazozivikanwa nevagadziri vemakwikwi semukadzi anokunda gore iroro, pamwe chete na1967 na1968.
Marathon yokutanga yakapedzwa nomukadzi yakanga iri Pikes Peak Marathon, yakapedzwa naArlene Pieper muna 1959.