Pioneering runner returns to Portland race, 47 years after her first win.
In 1972, Robin Emery broke barriers by becoming one of first two women to run in the Patriots Day 5-miler.
PORTLAND, ME – APRIL: Robin Emery wins the Boys Club Patriots Day road race in Portland, Maine, circa 1978. (Photo by Bill Curran Jr./Staff Photographer)
Photos set 1 courtesy of David C Young, UMF Class of 1976 & native of Farmington, was in the race
Photos set 2 courtesy of Don Penta, covered the total event (700+ photos).
(The finish line videos on the 2nd Day have three time clocks running. You can only see two of them on the side we were filming. On the left is the clock for the 50 Miler & on the right is the clock for the 25K.)
See Steve Wolfe’s Blog Report about Pineland Running Fest in “Hav2Run”
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