According to Running USA, the 2013 Road Race Demographics shows that 58 percent of 5K finishers were female. Looking at recent statistics, I marvel at the way we have taken over the running world. It wasn’t until 1972 that women were allowed to officially compete in the Boston Marathon, proving that there was a growing number of women who had the hunger to run. It was valiant women, like Stamatis Rovithi, Melpomene, Violet Piercy, Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb and Kathrine Switzer, who got running recognized as not just a male sport, but also a female one.
Running was thought of as strictly a “men’s sport” males dominated races, pushing females aside. In the book Olympic Marathon: A Centennial Of The Games Most Storied Race by Charlie Lovett, he reveals the struggle that women encountered when they were unable to participate in the Olympic Marathon. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Īs a female runner, it is liberating to see the strides running has made toward becoming more “our” sport. Although running has no age or gender restrictions, it has truly developed into a woman’s sport over the past 40 years. Those wishing to post tributes and memories to the family may do so at For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas (785) 823-5376. She was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth and Evelyn Moore and is survived by her husband, Daniel Lewis Switzer son, Paul Kenneth Switzer grandchildren, Alekzander Kain Serna Switzer and Emily Michelle Switzer and her sister, Margaret Duell. She also worked as an office administrator for Nurse Call and Fire Alarm Systems companies. Kathleen was a licensed nurse at Bayshore Hospital and was a partner in “Modern Nanny” Educational Services.
They moved to the Houston, Texas area in 1976 and had a son, Paul, in 1980. In 1973, she married Daniel Switzer and they moved to a farm in rural Missouri the next year. She attended McPhearson College for two years before receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Fort Hays State College in Kansas.
She grew up in Ann Arbor until the age of 12 and then moved with her family to Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on Septemin Ann Arbor, Michigan. Kathleen Moore Switzer, age 71, passed away on October 16, 2020.
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