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Kathrine & 261 Fearless in China, December 2016
Kathrine Switzer was invited to China to be an a special 261 Fearless Ambassador for the 30,000 strong Guangzhou Marathon. The media, and runners everywhere, loved the message of running making you fearless. Here is a video clip that reached millions of people during her visit. Watch Exclusive Video from China Read More
The Woman Who Changed Running Forever, Fan First Magazine
Fifty years ago, Kathrine Switzer put on bib number 261, ran the Boston Marathon, and earned icon status when an official tried to yank her from the race. She became the first registered woman to run a marathon, and today she continues to run and to fight for women in the sports field. By Sophia…Read More
Kathrine Switzer will run 121st Boston Marathon in Celebration of 50th Anniversary of her Historic Run
The woman who made history by pinning on an official race bib and running in the 1967 Boston Marathon will run the 2017 Boston Marathon The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) and Kathrine Switzer today announced that the woman who made history by pinning on an official race bib and running in the 1967 Boston…Read More
NYT Review: A Sport Comes a Long Way in ‘Free to Run’, Daniel M. Gold
“Free to Run” is an idiosyncratic account of the rise of long-distance running over the last 50 years, viewing it not so much as sport as a social revolution shaking off the tyranny of running federations that limited participation. Amid glimpses of Jim Fixx, Frank Shorter and Joan Benoit, the director Pierre Morath tells the…Read More
Reebok teams with Kathrine Switzer & 261 Fearless; by Donna Goodman, Boston Herald
Reebok is expanding its reach into fitness and running through a new partnership with Kathrine Switzer — who made history as the first woman to run and finish the Boston Marathon with a bib number in 1967, despite one race official’s effort to forcibly remove her from what was then a strictly men’s event. The…Read More
Women’s running pioneer shares her story with Yakima, by Tammy Ayer, Yakima Herald
Three numbers — 2-6-1 — changed Kathrine Switzer’s life. She hopes they’ll change the lives of countless other women, too. Switzer wore those numbers on April 19, 1967, when Boston Marathon race director Jock Semple tried to pull her off the course because she was a woman. She recently created 261 Fearless Inc. (www.261fearless.org), a…Read More
The Pioneer, OptimMYz Magazine, Christine Blanchette
Kathrine Switzer did more than just become the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon back in 1967. In the process she dragged the male power brokers who controlled the event kicking and screaming into the 20th century. And she showed women around the world what they were capable of. Not bad for a then…Read More
Kathrine speaking at US Dept of State event
The US Dept of State is taking a ‘Running Start” into Women’s History Month on Monday, Feb. 29! They are hosting a program promoting health, advocacy, and gender equality at 3:30 PM in Washington, DC. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/02/253731.htm Ambassador (and marathoner!) Janice Jacobs will open the session, marathoner Erin Eddy will emcee, and speakers include Ann Cody,…Read More
THE 261 FEARLESS MOVEMENT, by Lisa Jackson, Women’s Running Magazine UK
Once upon a time, less than 50 years ago, women weren’t allowed to run marathons as it was feared that they’d prove much too arduous for us delicate ladies. Kathrine Switzer changed all that when, in 1967, she entered the then all-male Boston Marathon under the name KV Switzer. She was wearing bib number 261…Read More
Kathrine named one of the Rodale 100
Kathrine Switzer: The Fast and Fearless; Inspiring a Women’s Running Revolution In 1967, Kathrine Switzer pinned a bib to her chest and became the first official women entrant in the Boston Marathon. With the race underway, an official who thought no women should be racing, attacked her and attempted to rip the bib off her sweatshirt.…Read More
KVS Interview with Miles and Meters Podcast
The amazing Steve Sievert , a guy who has been in the avant garde of networking running stories, information and interviews, has done it again by creating a great podcast called Miles and Meters. I was featured live a few days ago; if you missed that, my interview is now on iTunes. Search Miles and Meters…Read More