1st woman to officially run Boston Marathon does it again, 50 years later

From "No dame ever ran the Boston Marathon" and in those days women rarely participated in professional or competitive sports. Even her coach at Syracuse -- where Switzer trained with the men's cross-country team -- told her the distance was too long for "fragile women."

She finished the race in four hours and 20 minutes, but would later be disqualified and expelled from the Amateur Athletic Union. All because they were afraid