It wasn’t until later that evening, on the five-hour drive back to her school, Syracuse University, did Switzer get an inkling of the stir she had caused. “But it slowly returned and by the end, I was feeling pretty good. “For a while after Semple intervened I was worried and nervous and had lost a lot of energy,” she said. PODCAST: Subscribe to The Runner’s World Show to hear an exclusive interview with Kathrine Switzer on April 13. Switzer continued on and finished in 4:20, becoming the first woman to do so with a bib number. Switzer’s coach, Arnie Briggs, and boyfriend at the time, Tom Miller, were running alongside her, and quickly ran interference.
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