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But at any rate, the picture came out great.” “It made us all go, ‘(sigh), We’ve got a long way to go yet. “We were laughing because he was so silly,” Switzer said. He also wanted them to look “feminine and girly” and, later, to pose in a sprinter’s position.įrom the archives: Women’s running has transformed in 50 years “And we said, ‘We’re getting ready to start a marathon here.’ ” “He wanted us to line up and do like a 'Can-Can' dance,” Switzer recalled. The playful look before the ‘72 Marathon was the result of a comedic back-and-forth with the photographer. The shot captures the playful smiles of Nina Kuscsik, Elaine Pedersen, Ginny Collins, Pat Barrett, Frances Morrison, Sara Mae Berman and Switzer. Switzer, of Syracuse, New York, about to be thrown out of the normally all-male Boston Marathon when a husky companion, Thomas Miller, of Syracuse, threw a block that tossed a race official out of the running instead, Apin Hopkinton, Mass.(AP PHOTO/Courtesy Boston Herald)įive years later Switzer and six other women appeared in another historic photo. She went on to campaign for women’s official inclusion in the Boston Marathon in 1972, helped create the first women’s road race, and was instrumental in making the women’s marathon an official Olympic event in 1984.A woman, listed only as K. Photos of that moment went across the world, and changed Kathrine’s life and the future of the sport.

Kathrine was 20 when she signed up for the world famous Boston Marathon using only her initials, but when she was spotted by race official Jock Semple he attacked her, outraged that a woman was running in the men-only event. Back then there was a belief that women were physically incapable of doing such long distances, and it could even be dangerous for their health.

Kathrine Switzer is a US runner whose dream - back in 1967 - was to be allowed to run a marathon.

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