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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.