her name was katherine switzer.ided to enter the boston marathon. >> it was 1967. >> the 1967 boston marathon was run in some of the worst conditions in history. while most of the crowd was focused on the front of the pack, another runner was making a store far behind. >> the idea of running long distance was always considered questionable for women because an arduous activity would mean you'd get big legs, grow a mustache and hair on your chest in your uterus would fall out. >> in 1967, katherine switzer was a junior at syracuse university. because syracuse had no women's track team, she began training with the manager of the men's team, a part-time mailman named arnie briggs. >> he told me about the greatest day in his life every year, which was the boston marathon. we were running and he began telling me another boston marathon story. i said, quit talking about the dawn marathon and run it. my dream then became to prove i could run 26 miles from 385 yards. for seven years the boston marathon have excluded women.

we begin with an excerpt, the story of katherine switzer and the marathon that changed her life. >> reporter: a record team of 601 starters braved steady winds and a steady drizzle in the 71st boston marathon. >> reporter: the 1967 boston marathon was run in some of the worst conditions in race history. while most of the crowd was focused on front of the pack, another runner was making a stir far behind. >> the idea of running long distance was always considered very questionable for women because, you know, an arduous activity would mean that you're going to get big legs. you're going to grow a moustache and hair on your chest. your uterus is going to fall out. >> reporter: in 1967, catherine switzer was a junior at syracuse university. because syracuse had no women's track team she began training with the manager of the men's team. a part-time mailman named arnie briggs. >> it was arnie who teld me about the greatest day in his life every year which was the boston marathon. we were out running. arnie began telling me another boston marathon story. i said, oh, arnie, i want you to quit talk

. >> we also in this conversation mention katherine switzer who ran the boston marathon in 1967.a clip of her. >> we walk to the start. and the gun went off and down the street we went. so there we were, anee bregs, the 50-year-old maleman and me 209-year-old college student and my boyfriend tom miller, ex-all american football player. when other runner was come by they would say oh, it's a girl. and they were so excited. and all of a sudden the press truck is in front of us and they're taking pictures of us, on this truck was the race director, feisty guy by the name of jock sumpel. he just stopped the bus, jumped off, and ran after me. and he just grabbed me and screamed at me, get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers. he had the fiercest face of any guy i had ever seen. and all of a sudden big tom, my boyfriend came with a streak and gave jock the most incredible cross body block and sent him flying right through the offer and landed on the curb. and all of this happened in front of the press truck. journalists got very aggressive, what were you trying to prove, a