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The first woman ever to lam the Boston Marathon as an official entrant will execute the race again today at age 70 , fifty year after her historical exploit .
When Kathrine Switzer first run themarathonin 1967 , char were not allowed to compete . However , she register for the race with the name " K.V. Switzer " in ordination to hide her sex , according to the New York Times . This mean she received an official race number . ( One year earlier , in 1966 , a woman named Bobbi Gibb completed the Boston marathon , but she ran unregistered , without a airstream routine . )
Kathrine Switzer running the Boston Marathon in 1967. At one point during the race, an official tried to push Switzer off the course.
" The marathon was a gentleman’s gentleman ’s wash in those days ; women were consider too fragile to run it , " Switzer wrote in a 2007 essay for the New York Times . " But I had trained hard and was surefooted of my intensity level . " [ 5 Most Amazing Marathon effort ]
At one item during the 1967 race , an functionary tried to push Switzer off the path . But , she continue run , and finished the race in 4 hours and 20 transactions .
The Boston Marathon was officially opened to women runners in 1972 .
Kathrine Switzer running the Boston Marathon in 1967. At one point during the race, an official tried to push Switzer off the course.
The oldest fair sex to complete a battle of Marathon is Harriette Thompson , who ran the San Diego marathon at age 92 in 2015,according to the Washington Post .
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