Virginia Tech alumnae Anne Jones Thompson and Lynne Krulich were the first women at the university to receive athletic scholarships. In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we met with the sisters to reflect on some of their greatest athletic endeavors. POST GRAD: MARATHONS, ADVENTURE RACES, AND MORE Their time at Virginia Tech was only the beginning of living an active life. “I definitely think tennis was a catalyst. Once we found tennis, we always had somewhere to go and something to do outside. It led to all other things,” said Lynne. “Any running we had done started out as a means to get better at tennis or to get in better shape for tennis or to be quicker for tennis, then everything else followed,” said Anne. What followed tennis was 40 years of triathlons, marathons, adventure races, spartan races, Iron Man challenges, biking, tennis tournaments, hiking, and everything in between. “We needed another competitive outlet, and that’s when we got into running. When we got into marath...