Kathrine’s Secret

When Syracuse University coed Kathrine Switzer stepped up to the start line of the 1967 Boston Marathon she was eager to begin, finish, and call her parents from the hotel to share with them her great feat. She had no intention of muscling through an assault at mile 2, getting into a fight with her boyfriend at mile 4, and becoming the face of women’s running at mile 26.2. Before long her once most private aspirational secret evolved into a story on the front pages of newspapers and in the indexes of history books. “Kathrine’s Secret” reveals why she did it, why she’s fearless, and why she kept her plan a secret all along.