50th Anniversary of Boston Marathon Archives - Kathrine Switzer

Happy Birthday Kathrine

January 5, 2018

On Her Birthday, Running Pioneer Explains How She’s Mastering Marathons Into Her 70s Kathrine Switzer celebrates her 71st birthday today in Wellington, New Zealand, where she winters with her husband, runner and author Roger Robinson. Switzer was a pioneer female marathoner in the 1960s, a sub-elite racer (with a personal best of 2:51 for 26.2) in…Read More

LISTEN Connections: Dispelling myths about aging, WXXI News, by Evan Dawson and Megan Mack

October 20, 2017 | WXXI | Connections | Evan Dawson and Megan Mack

Switzer has been an advocate for female athletes for decades, and she is also outspoken about dispelling the myths about aging. She’s in Rochester as the keynote speaker of Baden Street Settlement’s annual gala, but first, she joins us on Connections to talk about shifting perceptions of aging, and how seniors are reinventing themselves as they…Read More

’67 Marathon Half Century

October 18, 2017 | Rochester Business Journal | Scott Pitoniak

Rochester Business Journal’s OnSports column focuses on the 50th anniversary of the historic Boston Marathon event. Switzer’s Marathon Jaunt Broke Barriers, Changed the World 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…Read More

LISTEN: Marathon pioneer Kathrine Switzer speaking in Rochester Friday, WXXI Radio, by Beth Adams

October 17, 2017

WXXI News Radio Interview with Kathrine. Click on the LISTEN link to hear Switzer talk about her groundbreaking run and how she continues to empower women and girls. Listen HereRead More

First woman to complete the Boston Marathon appears in Reading (VIDEO), Reading Eagle, By Beth Hudson

October 10, 2017

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 Marathon on the 50th anniversary of her barrier-breaking finish. Summing up the decision, Switzer grinned:…Read More

Pioneer Kathrine Switzer ready to run New York City Marathon

October 9, 2017 | FOX5 News | Alison Mores

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 remembers the Boston Marathon in 1967 like it was yesterday. It was a moment that…Read More

Women’s running hero Kathrine Switzer heading to NYC Marathon four decades after win, Canadian Running, by Sinead Mulhern

September 28, 2017 | Running | 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 being the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon with an official bib, has long-since…Read More

VOTE FOR KATHRINE! Laureus Award for Best Sporting Moment of the Year

August 25, 2017

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 moment from the calendar year which has most resonance with sports fans around the world.…Read More

VIDEO Kathrine Switzer Reflects After Finishing 2017 Boston Marathon, WBZ News Interview

August 23, 2017

The Art of Sport with Kathrine Switzer, Yankees Magazine by editor-in-chief Alfred Santasiere III

August 21, 2017 | Yankees Magazine | 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 hockey team. I wound up getting really empowered by running because it made me feel…Read More

VIDEO Kathrine Switzer Finishes Boston Marathon 50 Years After Being First Woman To Run

July 29, 2017

Catching Up With the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon

July 3, 2017 | Parade | Living to 100 | Christine Copelan

“Kathrine Switzer made waves in 1967 when, at age 20, she became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entrant, facing doubts and prejudice head-on as she crossed the finish line. Nowadays, shes at the forefront of a different revolution: active aging. And the 70-year old athlete is leading by example:…Read More

5 Essential Steps for Women Starting Endurance Racing

July 1, 2017 | Spartan Life | Siobhan Colgan

Ana Dutra could barely swim across a pool when a friend suggested they sign up for a triathlon. “I had not swam since I was a child,” she says, “but I decided to train anyway.” Her first event consisted of a 750-yard swim, 12-mile bike race and a 3-mile run. “I finished with a big…Read More

How This 70-Year-Old Marathon Runner Stays Just as Fit as She Was at 20, Reader’s Digest, by Marissa Laliberte

June 16, 2017 | Reader's Digest | Marissa Laliberte

At 70 years old, Kathrine Switzer has run 40 marathons in her life—and she has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Switzer first came to the public eye in 1967, when she was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Back then, she had to use her initials, K. V., instead of her first…Read More

How To Stay Fit At 70 (And Beyond)—From Kathrine Switzer, The First Woman Ever To Officially Run The Boston Marathon, Prevention, by Sarah Klein

June 13, 2017 | Prevention | Sarah Klein

Prevention: What was it like to run Boston again, 50 years after your historic first race? Kathrine Switzer: It was sensational. It was very gratifying. There were so many people that knew my story. Boston was a celebration of the past 50 years and looking ahead to the next 50 years. It was a sort…Read More

How the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon Is Still Running Marathons at 70, TIME, by Katie Reilly

June 5, 2017 | Time Magazine | Katie Reilly

When Kathrine Switzer crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 1967, it was remarkable because she was a woman — the first to run the race as an official entrant. When she crossed the same finish line 50 years later, it was remarkable because she was 70. Switzer, who built a career on…Read More

Bringing Her Fearless Approach to Life to Niagara

June 5, 2017 | Today Magazine - Niagara Edition | Jill Tham

When did you start running? I started running at age 12 when my father encouraged me to run a mile a day so I could make the field hockey team in my high school. Why did you want to run the Boston Marathon on 1967? I discovered early that running always made me feel powerful,…Read More

The Anniversary

May 1, 2017 | Runner's World

On April 19, 1967, 20 year old Kathrine Switzer started the Boston Marathon, then closed to women, after registering as K.V. Switzer. After 2 miles, the irate race director, Jock Semple, tried to force Switzer off the course. Her boyfriend, Tom Miller, fought Semple off, and Switzer went on to finish. Fifty years after that…Read More

Runner Marks Historical Marathon

April 19, 2017 | The West Australian

Kathrine Switzer, 70, who 50 years ago was the first woman to officially run in the Boston Marathon, wore the same bib number and ran in the event on Monday in the US. When Switzer ran in 1967, officials roughly tried to stop her, angry a woman was running, but then her boyfriend pushed them…Read More

Boston Welcomes Kiwi Runner Switzer

April 19, 2017 | The Dominion Post | Tony Smith and Kevin Norquay

Fifty years from sneaking into the Boston Marathon, Wellington runner Kathrine Switzer has completed the race as a celebrated guest. the 70-year-old lined up wearing the same bib number – 261 – that an official tried to rip from her in 1967 as women were banned from running marathons. CNN reported that the 70-year-old “walked…Read More

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