Runner's World 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

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

Kathrine named one of “50 Most Influential People in Running” by Runner’s World, October 2015

September 13, 2015

Hi Friends! What an honour to be named one of Runners World’s 50 Most Influential People in Running and to have the world hear more about 261 Fearless, Inc. our new non-profit movement that is empowering women around the globe. Take a look and join us! www.261fearless.org Cheers, Kathrine Read More

Kathrine featured in Runner’s World article: “Do Women-Only Races Still Have a Purpose?”

October 7, 2014

…”Many of these women experience a sense of empowerment that they never had before,” said Switzer of women running women-only races today. Switzer continues to spread that message internationally, including as part of the 261 Women’s Marathon and 10K, which is run in Spain. (261 was her Boston Marathon bib number in 1967.) “They’re in…Read More

Kathrine Switzer Launches Race Series: The pioneer intends to spark a global female running boom, Runner’s World, by Michelle Chang

March 18, 2014

Stand among the throngs of runners at any race in the United States, and you’ll be surrounded by women. Indeed, according to Running USA’s State of the Sport report, 56 percent of all U.S. race finishers in 2012 were female. Outside of North America, however, the scene changes. While women’s running has made big strides, especially…Read More

Kathy Switzer lancia 261 Women’s Marathon & 10K, Runners World Italy, by Irene Righetti, Feb. 2014

February 13, 2014

Kathrine Switzer, la runner americana classe ’47 che cambiò il corso della storia “al femminile”, il prossimo anno organizzerà la prima competizione 261. Di che cosa si tratta? Del number di pettorale con la quale gareggiò nel ’67, in occasione della Boston Marathon (a quell tempo preclusa alla donne alle quali non era permesso correre lunghe…Read More

Kathrine and 261 Women’s Marathon in Elle Magazine Blogpost Spain

December 26, 2013

La vida de Kathrine Switzer (Amberg, Alemania, 1947) cambió la fría mañana del 19 de abril de 1967. Estudiante de periodismo de la Universidad de Siracusa, en Nueva York, se había inscrito con su apellido y sólo las iniciales de su nombre, K.V., en la maratón de Boston, la más antigua, la más prestigiosa y…Read More

Kathrine featured in Runners World Spain, November 2013

November 1, 2013

Great article featuring the upcoming 261 Women’s Marathon published by Runners World Spain written by Palmira Chavero. Read the Full ArticleRead More

New Women’s Marathon Inspired By Kathrine Switzer, Runner’s World by Michelle Hamilton

October 10, 2013

In 1967, a young female runner registered for the Boston Marathon—a men’s only race at the time—using only her initials. K.V. Switzer was issued bib number 261 and began the race among the men. A few miles after the start, race official Jock Semple spotted the woman and, angered that she dare crash his event, he…Read More

Runner’s World Italy interview – Kathy 261, by Irene Righetti

August 1, 2013

Una spinta, o meglio uno strattone, in grado di cambiare il corso della storia, facendo cadere tabù, convenzioni sociali e molto altro. Era il 1967, quando una Kathrine ventenne, che non capiva il motivo per cui alle donne non venisse data l’opportunità di correre la maratona, decise d’iscriversi alla Boston Marathon. Il pettorale riportava solo le sue iniziali:…Read More

Interview with Runner’s World, February 2013

February 25, 2013

Kathrine Switzer Featured on PBS Tuesday Night, by Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World, February 25, 2013 Marathon pioneer joins other famous women in women’s movement documentary.Read More

The Pioneer: Kathrine Switzer, January 2012

December 5, 2011

Kathrine Switzer is one of the Heroes of 2011, By Christine Fennessy, Runners World, page 62, January 2012 IssueRead More

The Girl Who Started It All

March 26, 2007 | Runners' World

On a dark six-mile run in a wild snowstorm in mid-December 1966, I had a terrible argument with my otherwise kindly old coach, Arnie Briggs. It was in Syracuse, New York, where God first invented snow and never let up. I was a 19-year-old journalism student at Syracuse University, and since there was no women’s…Read More

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