In this April 19, 1967, file photo, Kathrine Switzer, of Syracuse, N.Y., center, was spotted early in the Boston Marathon by Jock Semple, center right, who tried to rip the number off her shirt ...

The above photo is an authentic depiction of what happened when Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967, and shows John "Jock" Semple, the man in the suit who was also an organizer attempting to ...

As a 19-year-old college student in the '60s, Switzer made a fateful decision. "I want to run the Boston Marathon this year," she said while training with the men's cross country team at Syracuse ...

Running the Boston Marathon 50 years later. Switzer followed up her love of running and won the 1974 New York City Marathon, although she admits she was never quick enough to be an elite runner.

Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer were the first two women to run the Boston Marathon in the 1960s. Women weren’t officially allowed to compete in the race until 1972.

Switzer broke barriers in 1967 when she became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon. What began as a personal challenge to prove that women could complete 26.2 miles transformed ...

Olavi Suomalainen of Finland, winner of the men's division of the Boston A.A. Marathon April 17, 1972, kisses Nina Kuscsik of Long Island, N.Y., winner of the women's division, at the trophy ...

An all-women's running group co-founded by Kathrine Switzer, who made history as the first woman to officially finish the Boston Marathon in 1967, is helping women break barriers and proving that ...

Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer were the first two women to run the Boston Marathon in the 1960s. Women weren’t officially allowed to compete in the race until 1972.

Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer were the first two women to run the Boston Marathon in the 1960s. Women weren’t officially allowed to compete in the race until 1972.

Switzer, now 78, signed up for the 1967 Boston Marathon, which until that point was predominantly run by men, as K.V. Switzer. Nearly 60 years after Boston Marathon run, Kathrine Switzer still ...

Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer were the first two women to run the Boston Marathon in the 1960s. Women weren’t officially allowed to compete in the race until 1972.