Kathrine Switzer,now70,repeatedthe26.2-milejourneyint...

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Kathrine Switzer ,now 70,repeated the 26.2-mile journey in this year's

Boston Boston became the first woman to enter Boston Marathon with a 36 ,in 1967,she knew she'd be chasing didn't expect to be driven off the 37 .

At the time ,women weren't allowed 38 entry into the be accepted, Switzer 39 with her initials as “K.V. Switzer .”On race day,though,she 40 her femininity proudly,In lipstick and earring ,she took her place at the starting line.

Switzer was at mile two 41 ,race manage John “Jock”Semple,angered by a woman 42 into the male only marathon,ran up and tried to 43 her off the course,yelling ,“Get the hell out of my race!”However,44 her boyfriend knocking Semple back,she fended off the official and finished in four hours and twenty minutes.

To 45 the 50th anniversary of her barrier-breaking run, Switzer

repeated the journey,wearing the number 261,the same one the official tried 46 it from her 50 years her honor ,the Boston Marathon will 47 the number in future races.

Switzer has 39 marathons under her 48 ,including coming in first in New York in 1974 and running in the Olympics in 1984,The last time she finished one in Boston was in 1976, two years after successfully 49 to let women publicly enter it.

Her bib number might not 50 in the Boston Marathon ahain,but Switzer's

movement goes 51 letting women enter that race. Founding a nonprofit international women’s running club, Switzer chose the name 261 Fearless, appealing 52 for female participation in the sport.

“My goal is to 53 women in places right now where they're not allowed to leave the house alone ,drive a car or get a 54 ,” Switzer told CBS Boston.“If running can give them a sense of strength ,where they are no longer 55 and vulnerable, thats what I hope it can do. ”Of her legacy ,Switzer said it came as no surotise that woman continute to embrace the “sense of empowerment”that came from running. “ But we have a long way to go.”she said.

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