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Product Details
Brand: Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306825651
ISBN: 978-0306825651
Primary Subject: Health/Fitness/Running
Secondary Subject: Personal Growth
Tertiary Subject: Memoirs
Author: Katherine Switzer
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Edition: First
Pages: 448
Type: Paperback
Original Publication Date: March 30, 2007
Current Publication Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
Weight: 0.85 lbs
A 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
