Career
Pede and Monika Boers were asked by Ernst van Aaken, an early proponent of women"s running, to participate in a race organized by his running club According to German sports historian Karl Lennartz, journalists skeptical of 13-year-old Maureen Wilton"s recent world best in Toronto, Canada asked van Aaken if women and teenagers were capable of such a performance. Although the German Athletic Association (Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband) did not yet officially permit women to run, race officials did allow the two women to start 30 meters behind the mentor
Pede"s mark was good enough for third overall and Boers finished in 3:19:36.3.
