#GAReads | She was attacked 50 years ago for being a woman in the Boston Marathon. Today, she runs it again at 70.

"She was attacked 50 years ago for being a woman in the Boston Marathon. Today, she runs it again at 70.":

Kathrine Switzer was a few miles into her history-making run at the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1967, when Jock Semple, the co-director of the famous 26-mile race, suddenly appeared behind her and tried to shove her out of the competition.

Semple’s lunge at Switzer was captured by national news photographers. What happened next changed running forever.

Read Kelyn Soong's full article at The Washington Post here…

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