Kathrine Switzer and her new book MARATHON WOMAN

Kathrine Switzer will always be best known as the woman who challenged the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon and became the first woman to officially enter and run the event. Her entry created an uproar and worldwide notoriety when a race official tried to forcibly remove her from the competition.

Three decades later, the incident continues to capture the public imagination and is, in part, the reason Switzer has dedicated her multi-faceted career to creating opportunities and equal sport status for women.
That career has included creating programs in 27 countries for over 1 million women that led to the inclusion of the women's marathon as an official event in the Olympic Games, changing forever the face of sports, health and opportunities for women around the world.

Kathrine Switzer announced the launch of her memoir, MARATHON WOMAN, on the occasion of her 40th Anniversary of her first running the Boston Marathon. The launch will take place at the Boston Marathon weekend.

The "Boston Incident" also inspired Kathrine to become a good athlete: She has run 35 marathons, won the 1974 New York City Marathon, and ran her personal best of 2:51.33 by finishing 2nd in the 1975 Boston Marathon.

At the time, this was the 6th best women's marathon time in the world, and 3rd in the U.S.A.

Subsequently, careers as a fitness expert, TV broadcaster, writer and public speaker were launched simultaneously, and Kathrine formed her own company, AtAlanta Sports Promotions, Inc. to accommodate her work in many capacities:

She is an expert sports marketing and events consultant, creating, promoting and publicizing events that have changed the world or simply enliven an occasion; she also works as a product or company spokesperson, as a TV commentator on running events, as a women's fitness and running authority, as a popular and dynamic public speaker on various subjects, and also as an author

https://www.katherineswitzer.com/

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