168K views · 1.5K reactions | 50 years ago, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon. Today, she'll run it again. | Sports Illustrated | Facebook

Kathrine Virginia Switzer was the first woman ever to complete The Boston Marathon as a registered entrant (1967). She did so despite the efforts of the race director to remove her from the course. Switzer became a crusader for women's sports, a journalist, an author, and a TV commentator. She won the 1974 New York City Marathon and led the effort to include the women's marathon in the Olympic event 👑 Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966 without a race bib. After be

103K views · 2.1K reactions | On #InternationalWomensDay, we're celebrating Kathrine Switzer Marathon Woman, who changed women's running forever with one brave act of defiance at the 1967 Boston Marathon. ‍♀️ | TCS London Marathon | Facebook