Now, 50 years after that first run, Switzer is running the Boston Marathon again - this time, with more than 13,000 other women racing alongside her. And Switzer went on to finish the race in 4 hours, 20 minutes. Her boyfriend, a former all-American football player, shoved him off. It was the 71st Boston Marathon, and she was running with 600 other starters.Īt 1.5 miles, race director Jock Semple tried to pull Switzer off the course. She was the only woman in the field, and the first woman to run the race with an official bib. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) This article is more than 6 years old.įifty years ago, on a cold morning in 1967, Kathrine Switzer stood on the start line of the Boston Marathon. Switzer was the first woman with a bib issued by the Boston Athletic Association to finish the Boston Marathon in 1967. Beach is on the verge of becoming the first person to run the Boston Marathon 50 consecutive times if he completes the race on Monday. Kathrine Switzer talks with Ben Beach during a media availability at the Copley Plaza Hotel near the Boston Marathon finish line Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Boston.
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