KATHRINE SWITZER is best known for pioneering the official
entrance of women into the marathon in the late 1960s. Winner of
the 1974 New York City Marathon, she has finished 35 marathons. An
Emmy Award-winning commentator who has covered important running
events from the Boston and New York City marathons to the Olympics
and Goodwill Games, she is the author of Running and Walking for
Women Over 40. She and her husband, Roger Robinson, split their
time between Wellington, New Zealand, and New York.
ROGER ROBINSON, has represented both England and New Zealand in
World Championships and has set marathon records for his age group
in Boston, New York, Canberra, and Vancouver. He is a professor at
Victoria University in New Zealand.
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