The Way it Used to Be---Unbelievable

As told by John Beach:


"In 1967, Roberta Gibb snuck into the marathon incognito, but it was another woman who got the headlines: Kathy Switzer, a Syracuse University student. Unlike Gibb, Switzer had a race number. Race officials never suspected that “K. V. Switzer” (as she signed her name on the entry form) was a woman.

About 4 miles into the race, marathon organizer Jock Semple spotted Switzer from the press bus. He jumped off and attempted to rip off her numbers (in those days worn on both the front and the back), but her running partners warded him off. Captured in photos that were published all over the world, the incident will long endure as a defining moment in the history of women's running"