Syracuse University Athletics will honor pioneering marathoner and Syracuse graduate Kathrine Switzer 'at halftime of the home women's basketball game Feb 8.

Courtney Buggs is a program coordinator in the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library. "If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon" − Kathrine Switzer, ...

Runners will be hitting the streets of all five boroughs on Sunday for the 2024 New York City Marathon. The 53rd annual race will feature a remarkable milestone: the 50th anniversary of Kathrine ...

Half a century ago, Kathrine Switzer signed up to run the Boston Marathon with her initials: K.V. Switzer. That's because she didn't want her form to stand out from the mens'. With that, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first woman officially ran the Boston Marathon in 1967, despite an official trying to stop her. Kathrine Switzer has dedicated ...

This Mother's Day, instead of flowers, breakfast in bed or a day at the spa, what if it were possible to give your mom the gift of running? An all-women's running group co-founded by Kathrine Switzer, ...

Before Kathrine Switzer made history for women, a woman nearly made history of her. On a spring afternoon in 1967, a female motorist tried to run her off a country road in central New York. It wasn't ...

Syracuse, N.Y. —Syracuse University will honor pioneering marathoner Kathrine Switzer by hanging her famous bib number 261 in the JMA Wireless Dome. Switzer will be honored at halftime of the Syracuse ...

Kathrine Switzer was a 20-year-old college student when she registered to run the 1967 Boston Marathon, her first marathon. Early in the race, race director Jock Semple charged onto the course and ...

Kathrine Switzer knows history. Or so she thought. Opting to extend an annual stay in New Zealand — her husband’s homeland — to more than two years due to COVID-19 restrictions, Switzer tore into a ...

It’s funny how God works, you know? April 29, 2019 was the best and worst day of my life. That morning, my friend Emily texted me at 9:20 a.m. saying “50 mile Nike challenge in May, you down?” I ...