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HerActiveLife.com interview with the legendary
Kathrine Switzer (Part 1/2)
Posted July 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews
HerActiveLife.com (HAL), a comprehensive women’s health & fitness publication and fellow member of the TFS Media Network, has published the first installment of a two part interview with iconic marathoner Kathrine Swizter.
Kathrine, the first woman to break the gender barrier and officially enter and complete the Boston Marathon, helped change the face of sports, health and opportunities for women around the world.
To read the first installment of this interview with Kathrine, please visit: HerActiveLife.com
Kathrine Switzer to launch autobiography at 2007 Boston Marathon Expo
Posted April 5th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Books
Women’s running pioneer Kathrine Switzer will officially launch her autobiography, “Marathon Woman,” at the Boston Marathon Expo which opens on Friday, April 13.
Although not the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon –that was Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb who ran unofficially in 1966 and clocked 3:27:17– Switzer was the first woman to run the race with an official number issued by the Boston Athletic Association.
Entered only as “K.V. Switzer” in the 1967 edition of the race, her ruse was discovered by a race official, Jock Semple, whose attempt to bodily remove her from the course was captured in the now-famous photo, below.
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