. >> reporter: kathrine switzer has been running for 53 years, but one race early in her career changed the course of her life and millions of others. >> in 1967 i had trained for the boston marathon and my coach inspired me. he didn't believe a woman could run the marathon distance. >> reporter: your own coach? >> my own coach didn't believe. that was the prevailing thinking, that if a woman became an athlete she would get big legs, grow hair on her chest and never have children. >> reporter: switzer entered the race under her initials. her coach picked up her official number and there was utter shock when she appeared in the field of men. >> the race director who saw this whole thing lost his temper and chased me down the street and attacked me and screamed, get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers and tried to rib my bib numbers off me. my boyfriend smacked the official and knocked him out of the race and down the street. >> reporter: so began switzer's marathon to clear the way for female runners. >> were you aware that there was a fight for equal access in spor spor sp

. >> reporter: catherine switzer has been running for 53 years, but one race early in her career changed the course of her life and millions of others. >> in 1967, i had trained for the boston marathon, and my coach inspired me, and he didn't believe a woman could run the marathon distance. >> reporter: your own coach didn't. >> my own coach didn't. and that was the prevailing thinking, if a woman became an athlete she was going to get big legs, grow hair on her chest and never have children. >> reporter: switter entered the race under her initials. her coach picked up her official number and there was utter shock when she appeared in the field of men. >> the race director who saw this whole thing lost his temper and chase me down the street and attacked me and screamed, "get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers" and tried to rip the bib numbers off of me. and my boyfriend smacked the official and knocked him out of the race and down the street i went. when i finished the race i felt better than i did at the start. i felt so great. i had a life plan and really it was to crea

. >> reporter: katherine switzer has been running for 53 years, but one race early in her career changed the course of her life and millions of others. >> in 1967, i had trained for the boston marathon, and my coach inspired me, and he didn't believe a woman could run the marathon distance. >> reporter: your own coach didn't? >> my own coach didn't. and that was the prevailing thinking, if a woman became an athlete she was going to get big legs, grow hair on her chest and never have children. >> reporter: switzer entered the race under her initials. her coach picked up her official number and there was utter shock when she appeared in the field of men. >> the race director who saw this whole thing lost his temper and chase me down the street and attacked me and screamed, "get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers" and tried to rip the bib numbers off of me. and my boyfriend smacked the official and knocked him out of the race and down the street i went. when i finished the race i felt better than i did at the start. i felt so great. i had a life plan and really it was to crea

kathrine switzer, the first woman to finish the boston marathon. >> i'm so glad to be here. who could imagine the race director tried to throw me out of the race. it was inspiring to start women's running around the world. one of those inspired is the second oldest race in the united states. what a great weekend we are celebrating also. not only with the baltimore women's classic 40th anniversary event that changed the landscape for women. >> very good. we have common amatucci here. you were the director of the race. you were the one who got catherine as well. >> she surprised us. she had a busy day and it came free and she was kind enough to join us. >> you are going to raise a whole lot of money today. >> probably upwards of $125,000 this year. >> and the money goes to when and? >> we've worked with 13 hospitals to provide direct support. travel, meals, housecleaning. we don't have enough money to peter, but we are helping. >> it's absolutely a great cause. there are some ladies out here to help as well. mayor out here to get everyone started in our very own jessica cartel

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my name is gail switzer and at a board member for next village, san francisco. it is a nonprofit community organization providing residents of san francisco's northeast corridor with the practical means to live safely and practically live in their communities as they age. we covered telegraph, russian hill, polka and the waterway. our first goal is to for fell 80% of requests for services with the work of our volunteer corps. according to the budget analyst report of 2011, 25% of residents surveyed in the zip code 94133, which is the heart of our neighborhood, were 60 years of age or older with a medium annual income of 48,700 compared to $78,000 on average. an income below $40,000 does not allow for the additional expenses needed one needs to -- the additional expenses one needs to adapt their home. it is difficult to leave and find other neighborhoods that might be more suitable to a senior, such as not being on a hill, having no steps, accessible rooms, etc. we provide services to help this population. we provide transportation to doctors, dentists, writes fo

rick hill pete stapleton, and the two are vying to replace switzer. and hector balderas by 17 points and heinerich, won over wilson. in new jersey, another member-member race, longtime congressman bill pascrell wiped the floor with weiroth marb wip the floor. he could not help barth, for the congressional seat and he lost by 44 points and he will have a tough fight against republican christy nome. those are a few of the races and ter o'donnell, what jumped out at you in those races. >> i was amazed by the pas pascrell margin. >> california has to get some seats. >> absolutely. i'll get the full hump day political panel including hearing from my friend hunt. soup of the day, this is the soup they should be serving to w wiscons wisconsin democrats. you can watch "the daily rundown" on msnbc. it doesn't leave room for much else. there's no room left for deadlines or conference calls. not a single pocket to hold the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs pick up the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. yo

running to succeed the current governor, brian switzer, thank you for joining us tonight. it's a real pleasure to have you here. >> it's great to be with you. >> you are the expert on these things. you're inside this fight. i'm just the observer. let me know if i got that right in terms of explaining montana's law and what you think is at stake here. >> yeah, you did get that right. it's interesting. in 1906, a newspaper said the greatest living issue that confronts us today, so whether the corporations shall control the people or the people shall control the corporations, after that we did make some changes. we've had the history in montana the last 100 years where elections are noticeably different. and now that's jeopardized with this, with the corrupt practices act being put on hold for now. and it's also an opportunity to revisit sort of the fundamental underpinnings of what that citizens united decision is. >> in terms of that 100-year-old law being on ice, being stayed by the supreme court while they decide what to do about your law, that means this election year wh