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Bringing Her Fearless Approach to Life to Niagara
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 Woman Who Changed Running Forever, Fan First Magazine
Fifty years ago, Kathrine Switzer put on bib number 261, ran the Boston Marathon, and earned icon status when an official tried to yank her from the race. She became the first registered woman to run a marathon, and today she continues to run and to fight for women in the sports field. By Sophia…Read More
There was a time a woman conquering the Boston Marathon was unheard of
By Catherine Porter, The Star Long-distance running of any kind was considered unsuited to the delicate second sex, but Kathrine Switzer changed all that. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon. This was 46 years ago. At mile two, a miserable man named Jock Semple tried to drag her off…Read More