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Podcast 66: Female running pioneer and Lydiard protégé LORRAINE MOLLER -Part 2/2

Posted July 20th, 2007 at 9:51 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 66 of The Final Sprint Podcast features the second and final installment of a two-part, in-depth interview with the legendary female running pioneer and passionate Lydiard protégé LORRAINE MOLLER. (Click here to listen to part 1 of this interview featured in Episode 65).

Lorraine began an unprecedented, 28-year international career by running barefoot in her native New Zealand. At the age of 41, she concluded her running her career with her fourth Olympic marathon, becoming the only woman in the world to have completed each of the first four Olympic marathons for women. Her multitude of other accomplishments include the longest debut winning marathon streak in history, a Boston Marathon title, and an Olympic bronze medal.

In part 2 of the interview, Lorraine talks about her upcoming autobiography “On the Wings of Mercury”, her decision to retire and her life since, coaching, the advent of the women’s marathon and the special relationship between herself and fellow women’s running pioneers: Kathrine Switzer, Grete Waitz, and Joan Benoit Samuelson.

Download the podcast to hear Lorraine discuss these topics, as well as, helping to create the Arthur Lydiard Foundation, her charity efforts and much more!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Lorraine Moller
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 13.9 MB
Length: 20:16

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Podcast 65: Female running pioneer and Lydiard protégé LORRAINE MOLLER -Part 1/2

Posted July 18th, 2007 at 6:24 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 65 of The Final Sprint Podcast features the first installment of a two-part, in-depth interview with the legendary female running pioneer and passionate Lydiard protégé LORRAINE MOLLER.

(Note: Part two will be published on Friday in Episode 66).

Lorraine began an unprecedented, 28-year international career by running barefoot in her native New Zealand. At the age of 41, she concluded her running her career with her fourth Olympic marathon, becoming the only woman in the world to have completed each of the first four Olympic marathons for women. Her multitude of other accomplishments include the longest debut winning marathon streak in history, a Boston Marathon title, and an Olympic bronze medal.

In part 1 of the interview, Lorraine talks about the development and progression of her career, being driven by that “pioneering kiwi spirit”, the metamorphosis of female athletics, her bond with iconic running coach Arthur Lydiard, misconceptions about his training philosophies, and why her regimen so seamlessly prepared her for the marathon.

Download the podcast to hear Lorraine discuss these topics, as well as, the special meaning of being inducted to the Colorado Running Hall of Fame and her belief that running is a personal and spiritual journey that enabled her to develop the often under-appreciated, but yet crucial element to success in both athletics and in life: self-understanding and the mental framework of a champion.

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Lorraine Moller
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 17.3 MB
Length: 25:15

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Podcast 37: Interview with the legendary Kathrine Switzer

Posted April 9th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Columns, Success Stories, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

TheFinalSprint.com’s monthly Success Story selection aims to highlight remarkable and factual accounts of runners who have overcome major obstacles and/or changed their lives, or the lives of others, through running and fitness.

I am proud to announce that TFS’s April 2007 Success Story and my guest in Episode 37 of The Final Sprint Podcast is the legendary KATHRINE SWITZER!

Kathrine, who was called the “Susan B. Anthony of running” by fellow running great Joan Benoit Samuelson, broke the gender barrier in 1967 when she became the first woman to officially enter and complete, what was at that time, the all-male Boston Marathon.

She also won the 1974 NYC Marathon, was a driving force behind the inclusion a women’s marathon in the Olympics, received an Emmy for her work as a sports broadcaster and remains one of the most courageous and inspiring runners in history.

Download the podcast to hear Katherine discuss what led to her iconic run, little known facts about her “race gear”, attempts to forcefully remove her from the course, finding the inner strength to push forward, how the race forever altered the course of her life and the lives of all future generations of female athletes, her new autobiography “Marathon Woman” and much more!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Kathrine Switzer
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 21.5 MB
Length: 00:31:25

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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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Switzer autobiography to be published in April

Posted February 15th, 2007 at 9:06 PM by Ken Nakamura

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Women’s running pioneer, Kathrine Switzer, has completed her autobiograpy, “Marathon Woman”, to be published by Carroll & Graf in the spring.

“We will launch at the Boston Marathon starting on April 12,” Switzer wrote in an e-mail to friends last week.

Switzer became the first woman* to officially finish the Boston Marathon in 1967 in 4:20:02, after she entered the race as “K. V. Switzer.” Boston Athletic Association official Jock Semple tried to remove her number mid-race and was cut down by Switzer’s boyfriend.
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