Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306825651ISBN-10:306825651UPC:9780306825651Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, Running & Jogging, Personal MemoirsSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCK2X01DE2
Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports
A new edition of a sports icon's memoir, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's historic running of the Boston Marathon as the first woman to run. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the all-male Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event's directors who attempted to violently eject her. In one of the most iconic sports moments,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306825651ISBN-10:306825651UPC:9780306825651Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, Running & Jogging, Personal MemoirsSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCK2X01DE2
Kathrine Switzer, one of the greatest icons in sports, has been an authority on running and women's fitness for over forty years. She is best known for pioneering the official entrance of women into the marathon, beginning with her epoch-making run in the previously all-male Boston Marathon in 1967, and went on to become a world-ranked athlete and the winner of the 1974 New York Marathon. ...
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