The Players in this story are Giuliana Mayo, Jim Kalin, Alicia Alunni, and Brian Skipworth. This story was written by Abby Sher and narrated by Marilyn Saidman. Sound design and mixing by Brian Skipworth.
This story was produced by Giuliana Mayo. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls and is based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Just go to go./dream-on and download for free! This story is from the new Rebel Girls app! You can listen to more stories like this, PLUS all the podcast episodes you know and love. Today, she's a marathon runner and women's sports advocate. Her accomplishment challenged the world's view of female athletes. Though the race manager tried to pull her off the course, Kathrine pushed on and finished the race. In 1967, she decided to run the Boston Marathon, which was all men at the time. Be fearless.Kathrine Switzer has always loved a challenge. While running the 2017 race, Switzer took some time to reflect on that highly publicized moment, ending her message with "Have fun. She kept running and finished in 4 hours and 20 minutes. Switzer broke free and her boyfriend pushed Semple to the ground. He grabbed her and tried to rip her bib off. Shortly after the race began, one of the race officials, Jock Semple, approached Switzer.
"I had to finish the race no matter what." "I knew I had to finish the race, because no one would believe women could do it unless I did," Switzer reflected to ABC News. Women were not technically barred from competing and had run in the race without bibs, ABC News reports, but it had been assumed that women were not capable of running that distance. With that, the 20-year-old became the first woman to officially enter the race. That's because she didn't want her form to stand out from the mens'. Half a century ago, Kathrine Switzer signed up to run the Boston Marathon with her initials: K.V. Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially compete in the Boston Marathon, competed for the 50th anniversary of her historic run.
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