BOSTON, MA – APRIL 19: Kathrine Switzer, of Syracuse, N.Y., center, was spotted early in the Boston Marathon by Jock Semple, center right, who tried to rip the number off her shirt and remove her from the race. Switzer’s friends intervened, allowing her to make her getaway to become the first woman to “officially” run the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1967. (Paul Connell/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)