Kathrine Switzer is a running legend.
In 1967, she became the first women to officially run the Boston Marathon; a race official attacked her and tried to rip off her bib.
She went on to win the New York Marathon and run 40 more. Last year, she ran Boston and New York, and today, she’s running the London Marathon, aged 71.
We caught up with Kathrine ahead of today’s race to talk sexism, empowerment, and how to run injury free in your 70s.
So what was the big deal, back in 1967?
Why was it so contentious to have a woman running in one of the world’s most famous marathons?
‘It was a funny era – women were always going into places where they wanted to be but people said they couldn’t,’ Katherine explains.
‘For thousands of years, there was this myth that women couldn’t do anything arduous, that if they did, they’d never have children…and those who could do something were really men – they’d… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/22/meet-71-year-old-marathon-legend-katherine-switzer-100-athlete-100-woman-7486926/
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