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Switzer puts a face on women’s athletes, by Charles Salzer, New Orleans Advocate
It was a moment that is credited with breaking the gender barrier for women in distance running. It was also a moment that changed Kathrine Switzer’s life. At the 1967 Boston Marathon, the only thing a 20-year-old Switzer wanted was to prove to her coach she could finish the race. But, four miles in, race…Read More
Famed runners Kathrine Switzer, Roger Robinson to speak at AHS, Auburn Citizen
Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon, will be speaking at Auburn High School on Oct. 19. Joining Switzer is Roger Robinson, who ran for New Zealand in world championships, set age group records and the Boston and New York City Marathons and is a senior writer for Running…Read More
Legendary Runners Slow Down Long Enough To Marry, by M.A.C. Lynch, CT Now
They lived 8,000 miles apart, a 36-hour trip door to door. Literally the other side of the Earth is how Kathrine Switzer describes the distance between her and Roger Robinson. They knew each other as statistics. Kathrine was the runner whom Boston Marathon officials tried to wrestle off the course in 1967 because she was…Read More
Camp Olympic hosts Katherine Switzer and Roger Robinson for Jack Pressmann cross country race
Roger Robinson raced cross country for 30 years at the elite masters levels as few others have, garnering masters world championships in both cross country and road races, as well as setting masters records in marathon races in Boston, New York and other places. Katherine Switzer made history as the first woman to legally run…Read More
Running ahead: Trailblazer Switzer will be featured speaker at Canyon Marathon dinner
By Scott Sandsberry, Yakima Herald-Republic You could say Kathrine Switzer’s greatest claim to fame was the day she took one small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind. Except that it was more like, oh, 40,000 steps — roughly the number of strides required to cover the 26 miles and 385 yards of a…Read More
Trailblazers top guest list at annual foot race, Cornwall Standard Freeholder by Cheryl Brink
A milestone for the Raisin River Foot Race attracted a couple of big names in the running world back to Williamstown this weekend. As the event — a staple of the town’s annual fair — marked 35 years on Saturday, world-renowned marathoners Kathrine Switzer and Ed Whitlock shared their experiences of the sport. Swizter broke…Read More
Veteran runners implore local folks to stay active
Middletown — The running movement in America is alive and well, and the local running clubs are keeping it strong. That was the message sent by noted running authors Kathrine Switzer and Roger Robinson of New Paltz in a dinner talk with the Orange Runners Club on Wednesday. Switzer is the torch bearer of the…Read More