when she participated in a marathon with menstrual blood flowing freely out of her vagina. The funny thing is that Kiran intentionally decided not to wear a sanitary pad or tampon. She had been training for almost year and was ready to take on the 42.2 km London marathon. Kiran was dissapointed when her period came the night before she was supposed to run. She contemplated dropping out of the marathon, but then eventually decided to run — free-bleeding. She said she did it was to encourage women not to be ashamed of their period and also to bring awareness to the fact that a lot of women have no access to feminine products.
“I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs,” Kiran, who is a Harvard Business School graduate, said. She also explained that her period started the night before the race and knew that tampon would inconvenience her during the run. “I ran with blood dripping down my legs for sisters who don’t have access to tampons and sisters who, despite cramping and pain, hide it away and pretend like it doesn’t exist.”
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