Kuscsik, who died June 8 at the age of 86, was part of a core group of women in the late-1960s and early ’70s, who ...

Science tells us that a marathon runner’s peak performance years are between ages 25 and 35. But that doesn’t mean they’re ...

Title IX champion and NCAA swimmer reflects on the law's 53-year legacy, its impact on women's sports, and the current ...

A pioneer in women’s running, Kuscsik first ran Boston in 1969, before women could even officially enter the race ...

Nina Kuscsik has died at the age of 86. Kuscsik campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter ...

only to be body-blocked by Switzer’s boyfriend. Kuscsik first ran the Boston Marathon in 1969 as a so-called “bandit” — without a bib or an official entry. By 1970, attitudes had begun to change when ...

Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has died. She was ...

Switzer set her personal best at the 1975 Boston Marathon with a time of two hours and fifty-one minutes. It now takes her four to five hours, but it isn't about the time, she said.

How Kathrine Switzer continues to inspire women to run Switzer and Edith Zuschmann cofounded 261 Fearless, a nonprofit organization named after Switzer’s bib number in the 1967 Boston Marathon.

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