Please register everyone who will be participating. Kathrine Switzer is the author of Running and Walking for Women Over 40 and coauthor of 26.2 Marathon Stories and founder of the 261 Fearless foundation. The one mile course will be family-friendly and accessible to people of all ages and physical abilities. Her book Marathon Woman will be available for purchase and book signing and photo opportunities will be available. 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. Her nonprofit foundation, 261 Fearless, is a global movement that empowers women through the vehicle of running. After her talk, she'll accompany participants on a one mile walk around the campus of The Frontier.
Switzer will share her remarkable story of perseverance, touching on how she has dedicated her life to advocating for women's sports participation throughout the world. which shell be running with members of her organization, 261 Fearless. at The Frontier in Research Triangle Park! Kathrine Switzer on what it means to run Boston 50 years after changing the. On November 13th, they'll be hosting a Community Walk & Talk with Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to register and run the Boston Marathon. 40 min PLAY Kathrine Switzer- 261 Fearless The Extra Mile - The Official Charity Miles Podcast Health & Fitness Todays episode takes place in Boston, just three days before the Boston Marathon, with a LEGEND, Kathrine Switzer who, in 1967, became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an official registered participant. Fifty years after that historical event, Kathrine Switzer replaced the famous 261 to run in the Boston Marathon. Our friends at Girls on the Run of the Triangle recently passed along word about an upcoming event that may be of interest to runners. In 1974 Switzer won the New York Marathon, and the following year, she ran again the Boston Marathon, where she finished second with the best time record of all time: 2 hours, 51 minutes, and 37 seconds.
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