Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's SportsA new edition of a sports icon's memoir, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's historic running of the Boston Marathon as the first woman to run. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the all-male Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event's directors who attempted to violently eject her. In one of the most iconic sports moments, Switzer escaped and finished the race. She made history-and is poised to do it again on the fiftieth anniversary of that initial race, when she will run the 2017 Boston Marathon at age 70. Now a spokesperson for Reebok, Switzer is also the founder of 261 Fearless, a foundation dedicated to creating opportunities for women on all fronts, as this groundbreaking sports hero has done throughout her life. "Kathrine Switzer is the Susan B. Anthony of women's marathoning."-Joan Benoit Samuelson, first Olympic gold medalist in the women's marathon |
Contents
Can you run a mile? | |
Youll ruin that girl Arnie | |
Get the hell out of my race and give me those | |
The Aftermath | |
The Tortoise and the Hare | |
Have you ever run the marathon distance before? | |
Official at Last | |
The Magic ThreeHour Barrier | |
Chapter 19 | |
Last Dance | |
The First Avon International Marathon | |
Coalescence | |
The DealMaker | |
2 Other Voices | |
PRAISE FOR MARATHON WOMAN | |
Other editions - View all
Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports Kathrine Switzer No preview available - 2009 |
Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports Kathrine Switzer No preview available - 2007 |
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