I was really gutsy because I had been playing sports running I was now running up to three miles a day. When I got to Syracuse University, there were no sports whatsoever for women. Not because I had any skills, but because nobody could catch me and I never got tired. By the time autumn came around, I was one of the best players on the team. ![]() I ran a mile a day all that summer, and he was right. The game is not on the sidelines, the game’s on the field.” He said you should run a mile a day, and make the field hockey team in your high school. And my father said, “You don’t want to do that. I had told my parents that I wanted to be a high school cheerleader the next year. I started running when I was 12 years old. There was a kerfuffle behind me and I turned, and at the last minute I saw the most ferocious face I’ve ever seen in my life, And he screamed in my face, “Get the hell out of my race, and give me those numbers!” ![]() It has been edited for length and clarity. Kathrine Switzer told her story to producer Caro Rolando for an episode of The Daily Rally podcast.
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