Switzer, which no one questioned until race day.
Other women before Switzer had run the Boston Marathon without a bib, but she was the first to do so with one, signing up with her initials and last name, K.V. Kathrine Switzer was spotted early in the Boston Marathon by Jock Semple, center right, who tried to rip the number off her shirt and remove her from the race. This year, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of her historic run as the first registered female to complete the Boston Marathon. In 1967, the longest track race for women at the Olympics was just 800 meters, while cross-country races for women maxed out at about 1.5 miles. After the race, the Boston Athletic Association retired her number in her honor.
Running with her were 125 women from 261 Fearless. Though there were no rules that outright banned women from the course, many assumed women were not capable of running that distance. In 2017, the 50th anniversary of the Jock Semple incident, Switzer ran the Boston Marathon at 70, finishing in 4:44:31only about 20 minutes slower than she had in 1967. Up until that moment, the Boston Marathon had only been officially run by men. She had a split-second decision to make: Step off the course or keep running the 26.2-mile race. I was very terrified and afraid, there's no question about it," Switzer told ABC News Thursday.Īs race official Jock Semple tried to rip Switzer’s bib off, cameras flashed. “He came up from behind and surprised me and grabbed me. Kathrine Virginia 'Kathy' Switzer, nada en Amberg ( Alemaña) o 5 de xaneiro de 1947, é unha escritora, comentarista de televisión e atleta estadounidense, máis coñecida por ser a primeira muller en correr un maratón (o maratón de Boston) cun dorsal.
She was just coming into view of the press trucks when she felt a race official’s hand on her sweatshirt. — - The year was 1967 and Kathrine Switzer was mentally preparing herself for the long road ahead as she pushed into the second mile of the Boston Marathon.
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