![]() “I had no intention of making history that day,” she said. True, some had run the race unofficially before, but Switzer’s participation was to change everything, even if she did not realise its significance when, wearing an official bib, No 261, she lined up surrounded by hundreds of men for the start of the race. It seems extraordinary today, but 50 years ago women were not allowed to compete in the world’s oldest annual marathon. Kathrine Switzer, 71, may not be a name familiar to the wider UK public, but among the running community she is considered marathon royalty.įor it was Switzer who in 1967 became the first woman to run Boston as a registered entrant. The reason? Ask the person wearing that number at London. ![]() ![]() There was no runner wearing No 261 at Boston on Monday. But perhaps the most symbolic difference between the two races is also the most subtle. ![]()
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