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

SideTrack: Kathrine Switzer, Trevor Noah, Olivia Culpo…,Boston Herald, by Olivia Vanni

October 15, 2017 | Boston Herald | Olivia Vanni

FEET FEATS: Running royalty Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an official entrant and co-founder of social running community 261 Fearless Inc., was in Boston yesterday for a meetup with some of the women in the 261 Fearless Club Greater Boston. They met at the Adidas RunBase store on Boylston…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 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

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

The 121st Boston Marathon included the first woman to officially run the race 50 years ago, ABC News, By Kaelyn Forde

April 18, 2017

Fifty years after becoming the first woman to officially finish the Boston Marathon, Kathrine Switzer has done it again. “I’m exhilarated,” she told ABC News after finishing the 26.2-mile race on Monday. “All the way along the route, people had heard my story, saw my bib, and they were holding signs up that read ‘261…Read More

Switzer Is ‘261’ And Fearless In Boston, The Huffington Post, by Terry Lyons

April 18, 2017

BOSTON – (April 17, 2017) – The elevator door swung open on the fifth floor of the Sheraton Boston hotel and Kathrine Switzer, age 70, strode down the hallway with a purpose. With an adidas rolling bag behind her, she walked quickly as there were people to see and interviews to do. Her schedule resembled…Read More

Kathrine Switzer Returns to the Boston Marathon, Outside Magazine, by Molly Mirhashem

April 10, 2017

Later this month, 50 years after making history, the first woman to run the iconic event will race it again We caught up with Switzer about the 1967 race, her plans for this year’s marathon, and the broader landscape of women in sports. OUTSIDE: What does it mean to you to run Boston again this…Read More

50 Years After Sparking a Revolution, an Icon Runs Boston Again, Runners World, by Amanda Loudin

April 10, 2017

In 1967, Kathrine Switzer wasn’t allowed to run the Boston Marathon, but she did anyway. This year, she’s back. Fifty years ago, a spry 20-year-old brunette stepped onto the Boston Marathon course for the first time, like “a pilgrim going to a shrine.” She had no grand plans that day, she just wanted to run…Read More

QUAND LES FEMMES N’AVAIENT PAS LE DROIT DE COURIR, Radio Canada, par Olivier Paradis-Lemieux

April 10, 2017

En avril 1967, c’est sous le pseudonyme de K.V. Switzer qu’une femme participait officiellement pour la première fois au marathon de Boston. Cinquante ans après que Jock Semple eut tenté d’arracher son dossard numéro 261 en pleine course, Kathrine Switzer se rappelle encore la colère dans le visage du directeur du marathon de Boston. «…Read More

La carrera de las pioneras, Marca newspaper, Spain, Cristina Mitre

April 9, 2017

Kathrine Switzer, primera mujer en correr con dorsal una maratón, y Cristina Mitre, impulsora del running femenino popular en España, participarán juntas en Boston Hace 50 años de una imagen histórica. Aquella en la que el juez del maratón de Boston intentaba echar de la carrera a Kathrine Switzer. En una época en la que…Read More

ESPN Sports Center airs feature on Kathrine and 261 Fearless

March 26, 2017

ESPN Sports Center did a wonderful job with the #261Fearless story! Check out the video all the way from New Zealand to New York, and finally a training run with many of the 261 Fearless Team Boston runners in the HOP21 run starting in Hopkinton, Massachusetts! I really appreciate all the Team Boston runners that…Read More

Kathrine Switzer On Her Return To The Boston Marathon, Competitor Magazine, by Allison Patillo

March 20, 2017

In April, Kathrine Switzer—athlete, activist, author, Emmy award-winning television commentator and founder of the nonprofit 261 Fearless—will run the Boston Marathon again. In 1967 the now 70-year-old runner was the first woman to run the race as a registered entrant (in 1966 Bobbi Gibb was the first female to run the Boston Marathon, but she…Read More

The Women Who Are Running To Protest Trump Are Tapping Into History, Huffington Post

January 20, 2017

There is a long tradition of women running as a form of protest. By Erin Schumaker In the wake of President Donald Trump’s electoral victory, Alison Désir, the founder of a community running organization in New York City called Harlem Run, turned her frustration into political action. Désir’s remedy: a four-woman, 240-mile relay, beginning in Harlem, New…Read More

Reebok teams with Kathrine Switzer & 261 Fearless; by Donna Goodman, Boston Herald

April 21, 2016

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

It wasn’t easy to be the 1st female Boston Marathoner, RVAnews by Kathryn Pullman

November 11, 2015

What does a small town runner do when she’s suddenly given the opportunity to interview two running legends? First, she doesn’t believe it. Next, she has an internal fan-girl freak out–imagine jumping up and down, squealing, grinning… the whole nine yards. But all internal. (I swear.) Then, once she’s recovered, she dives into research so…Read More

FOUR RULE-BREAKING LESSONS FROM THE FIRST WOMAN TO (OFFICIALLY) RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON, Fast Company, by Gwen Moran

April 20, 2015

HOW KATHRINE SWITZER’S HISTORY-MAKING MOVE IN 1967 LED TO A CAREER ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN IN SPORTS. When Kathrine “K.V.” Switzer took her place at the starting line of the 1967 Boston Marathon, wearing a bulky, grey sweat suit and lipstick, she was about to make history. No woman had ever officially entered and run the…Read More

Kathrine’s Boston Marathon Recap, AOL On Sports video

April 20, 2015

Reporting from the Boston Marathon photo bridge, Kathrine Switzer reports on the near photo finish of the elite women’s race. If unable to see video, watch video here.Read More

Kathrine Switzer Reports Live from the Boston Marathon, AOL On Sports

April 17, 2015

Here, Kathrine reports from the race course where she first made history. If unable to view video, view video here.Read More

8 Women Made History at Boston Marathon in 1972 –14,000 Registered in 2015 Race, Huffington Post by Beverly Wettenstein

April 15, 2015

On April 19, 1967, Kathrine Switzer, 20, a journalism major at Syracuse University, entered the Boston Marathon as “K.V. Switzer,” wearing a bulky sweatsuit. At the time, the Amateur Athletics Union (AAU) did not admit women into marathons. Switzer became the first female to officially enter and run. The photo of a race official forcibly…Read More

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Happy Birthday Kathrine

SideTrack: Kathrine Switzer, Trevor Noah, Olivia Culpo…,Boston Herald, by Olivia Vanni

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

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

Runner Marks Historical Marathon

The 121st Boston Marathon included the first woman to officially run the race 50 years ago, ABC News, By Kaelyn Forde

Switzer Is ‘261’ And Fearless In Boston, The Huffington Post, by Terry Lyons

Kathrine Switzer Returns to the Boston Marathon, Outside Magazine, by Molly Mirhashem

50 Years After Sparking a Revolution, an Icon Runs Boston Again, Runners World, by Amanda Loudin

QUAND LES FEMMES N’AVAIENT PAS LE DROIT DE COURIR, Radio Canada, par Olivier Paradis-Lemieux

La carrera de las pioneras, Marca newspaper, Spain, Cristina Mitre

ESPN Sports Center airs feature on Kathrine and 261 Fearless

Kathrine Switzer On Her Return To The Boston Marathon, Competitor Magazine, by Allison Patillo

The Women Who Are Running To Protest Trump Are Tapping Into History, Huffington Post

Reebok teams with Kathrine Switzer & 261 Fearless; by Donna Goodman, Boston Herald

It wasn’t easy to be the 1st female Boston Marathoner, RVAnews by Kathryn Pullman

FOUR RULE-BREAKING LESSONS FROM THE FIRST WOMAN TO (OFFICIALLY) RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON, Fast Company, by Gwen Moran

Kathrine’s Boston Marathon Recap, AOL On Sports video

Kathrine Switzer Reports Live from the Boston Marathon, AOL On Sports

8 Women Made History at Boston Marathon in 1972 –14,000 Registered in 2015 Race, Huffington Post by Beverly Wettenstein

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