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Trailblazer Returns to Boston, 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago, a runner officially entered as K.V. Switzer participated in the Boston Marathon. On Monday, she was doing it again at age 70. Syracuse Alum Kathrine Switzer’s marathon in 1967 became historic because she was the first woman to complete the all-male race as an official entrant–her registration as “K.V. Switzer” hid her…Read More
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Special 50th Anniversary edition of “Marathon Woman” to be released April 2017
I am delighted to announce that my book Marathon Woman is being re-released in a special 50th Anniversary edition for the upcoming Boston Marathon! And take a look–it’s been reviewed in the New York Times! As if all this isn’t cool enough, the author of the article is Lela Moore, who is running with me and…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