Loveland mayor defies doctors, council

LOVELAND — Jacki Marsh wormed her way to the front of the group of 75 of the best women runners in the world, determined to prove her T-shirt wrong.

The Crazylegs Mini Marathon was a bit of a publicity stunt to sell L’eggs pantyhose, but it was also an opportunity. This was in 1972, a time when men still thought that a marathon would either give a woman a nervous breakdown or cause infertility, most likely because, ahem, her uterus would fall out. This race featured Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon as…