“When ordinary women run, they become extraordinary.” So writes Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, in the new introduction to her 2007 memoir, “Marathon Woman.” Ms. Switzer’s 1967 race was marred two miles in when…
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A Boston Moment, Pregnant Athletes and Pre-Workout Eating, New York Times Well Running, by Lela Moore
Tagged with: 2017, 261 Fearless Inc, 50th Anniversary of Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon, New York Times
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Posted in Press Archive
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…
Tagged with: 121st Boston Marathon, 2017, 261 Fearless, 50th anniversary, Marathon Woman, Marathon Woman book, New York Times
Posted in In the News, Press Archive
Posted in In the News, Press Archive
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…
First Woman’s Strides in Boston Still Echoing
Two miles into the 1967 Boston Marathon, an official tried to eject me from the race simply because I was a woman. That event changed my life and, as a consequence, the lives of millions of women around the world.…
