![]() ![]() ![]() Switzer is perhaps the greatest ambassador of the marathon, and was instrumental in getting the Women's Marathon into the Olympic Games.Īvailable Now from Hachette Audio as a digital download, Paperback, hardcover and E-book from Da Capo Press. Book will be published on the 40th anniversary of Switzer's gender-barrier-shattering entry into the all-male Boston Marathon. At the time, athletics officials believed women were incapable of. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon, when it was still a men’s-only event. From the childhood events that inspired her to succeed as an athlete, through her triumph in the 1974 New York Marathon, and the globally-connected series of women's running events which she has since conceived and organized with over a million participants in twenty-seven countries this liberally illustrated book details the struggles and achievements of one of the pioneering women in sports Kathrine Switzer is the TV correspondent for network broadcasts of the New York, Boston, and Chicago marathons. In 1967, the American athlete Kathrine Switzer, became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Crossing the Line is Kathrine Switzer's personal story about how she overcame the odds as well as public ridicule to become one of the greatest marathon runners of her time. Not only was this a watershed moment for the sport, it also became a significant event in women's history a force for social change and empowerment for women worldwide. In what would become one of the all-time iconic images in sports, Switzer fought off the director, with the help of her fellow runners, and finished the race. 261 is the bib number Kathrine Switzer wore in the 1967 Boston Marathon - a marathon during which she needed to overcome her fear when the race director. ![]() In 1967, as Kathrine Switzer ran in the Boston Marathon, one of the event's directors attacked her, trying to violently eject her from the all-male race. The nature is enormously lush and the route to the finish line will lead you through the medieval city of Lucerne, a truly magical experience This annual experience takes. The inspiring story of the woman who broke the gender barrier in the marathon and propelled women to the sport's forefront. The Swiss City Marathon - Lucerne takes you along the beautiful Lake Lucerne surrounded by the potentially snowcapped mountains.
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