New York City is the center of the running world on Marathon Weekend – and Kathrine Switzer and 261 Fearless is going to be right in the middle of the excitement! Join us at one of these events! Friday November…
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Switzer’s marathon jaunt broke barriers, changed the world, Rochester Business Journal, by Scott Pitoniak
The history-jarring moment occurred roughly two miles into that Boston Marathon a half-century of Aprils ago. That’s when Jock Semple, the director and self-appointed caretaker of running’s most prestigious race, spotted a woman among the competitors. He was aghast. “This…
Tagged with: 2017, 261 Fearless, 50th Anniversary of Boston Marathon, Interview, Rochester
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First woman to complete the Boston Marathon appears in Reading (VIDEO), Reading Eagle, By Beth Hudson
Kathrine Switzer is less than a month away from running her first New York City Marathon in 42 years. She decided to enter the Nov. 5 event during the post-race euphoria she experienced this year after successfully completing the Boston…
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Pioneer Kathrine Switzer ready to run New York City Marathon, FOX5 News broadcast
A legendary runner who made a name for herself as the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon was in New York Monday. The great Kathrine Switzer led a group of women on a run downtown. Switzer says she…
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Women’s running hero Kathrine Switzer heading to NYC Marathon four decades after win, Canadian Running, by Sinead Mulhern
There’s still three months left of 2017 and Kathrine Switzer is making it count. It has been a crazy year for the pioneer of women’s running and the excitement isn’t even close to over. Switzer, who is best known for…
Tagged with: 2017, 261 Fearless, 50th Anniversary of Boston Marathon, Canadian Running, NYC Marathon
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Beyond “Battle of the Sexes”: 16 Other Times Female Athletes Crushed the Competition, Mother Jones, by Becca Andrews and Edwin Rios
Kathrine is listed in this Mother Jones’ article: More than four decades ago, tennis star Billie Jean King faced off against gambler Bobby Riggs at the Astrodome in front of millions of viewers. The stakes for the so-called “Battle of the…
VOTE FOR KATHRINE! Laureus Award for Best Sporting Moment of the Year
Kathrine Switzer is nominated for the Laureus Award for Best Sporting Moment of the Year, Vote Today! Voted for by fans around the world in a global online poll, the Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year identifies the…
Tagged with: 2017, 261 Fearless, 50th Anniversary of Boston Marathon, Laureas Best Sporting Moment of the Year
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The Art of Sport with Kathrine Switzer, Yankees Magazine by editor-in-chief Alfred Santasiere III
YANKEES MAGAZINE: What did you enjoy about running when you were a teenager? KATHRINE SWITZER: My dad encouraged me to run a mile a day because he felt it would give me the conditioning I needed to make the field…
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