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Kathrine's calendar!

To see her public appearances and her availability for engagements, please review the calendar listing below.

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Kathrine Switzer's Schedule for 2010:

  • Feb 27: Wellington, New Zealand: Wellington Athletics Championships, Newtown Park Stadium. Assisting with announcing. www.athletics.org.nz
  • Mar 13 & 14: South Island, New Zealand: Running the Motatapu Icebreaker off-road marathon, 26.2 miles/ 42.2 km from Wanaka to Arrowtown. Note: this is Kathrine's first marathon distance attempt in 34 years! Click here for more news; also www.iconicadventures.co.nz
  • Mar 26: Christchurch, New Zealand: NZ National Athletics Championships, QEII Stadium. Assisting with announcing of event. www.athletics.org.nz
  • Apr. 13 & 14: Newton, MA, USA: Speaker at Lasell College; Donahue Institute. Public presentation on 4/13 at 12:30-1:30 in deWitt Hall, followed by book signing. Also speaking privately to various classes. Info: Tessa leRoux at 617-243-2104, email: Donahue@lasell.edu
  • Apr 15-19: Boston, MA: Boston Marathon and all related press conferences, expo book signing and annual Legends Panel. Kathrine’s expo appearances will be at the Marathon Tours Booth # 2001 at Hynes Convention Center: Friday Apr.16: 3-7PM; Sat. Apr.17: 2-5:30PM; Sun. Apr.18: noon-2:30 PM. Sunday morning Apr. 18, Kathrine will run the BAA 5k. Sunday afternoon, April 18, 3PM: Annual Runners World ‘Meet the Legends’ Panel, Sheraton Boston Hotel, Back Bay Ballroom C. On Monday, April 19, Kathrine will do her 28th consecutive TV broadcast for WBZ-TV Boston! Tune in, 9:30 AM-2 PM. www.marathontours.com, www.wbztv.com, www.runnersworld.com, www.bostonmarathon.com
  • Apr 23-25: New York City: Running the More/ Fitness Half Marathon in Central Park on Apr.25; book signing at More/Fitness expo on Apr. 23 & 24 at Roseland Ballroom (239 W. 52nd St. between Broadway and 8th Ave.) during all expo hours; at pasta dinner on Apr.24. Run with me! www.more.com/2029/10135-more-fitness-women-s-half-marathon-2010 also www.nyrr.org
  • Apr 29-May 1: Champain-Urbana, IL: The Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon. Kathrine will be signing her books at the Marathon & Beyond booth at the expo on Friday, Apr 30. She and legendary Jean Driscoll will be the featured speakers at the expo Speaker Series at all three seatings of the pasta feed on Friday, April 30. She will be on hand to run and /or cheer at the marathon events on Sat, May 1. www.illinoismarathon.com/weekend/speakers.php
  • May 6-8: Conway, Arkansas: Women Can Run/ Walk 5K. Kathrine will appear at the WCR clinic on Thurs. evening May 6, be signing and selling her books and Marathon Woman shirt at the Sporty Runner Store from 10-4 on May 7 (1016 Van Ronkle St., Conway; 501-328-9255), and is the guest speaker at the pasta dinner from 5-9PM on Friday, May 7 at the Agora Center, reservations essential). On Sat, May 8 she will run the WCR 5K-run with me! www.thesportyrunner.com and www.womenrunarkansas.net
  • May 29 & 30: Vienna, Austria: The Austrian Women's Run. Kathrine will appear at 4PM Saturday, May 29 at the main stage in Prater Park for a public interview and will run the 5K race on Sunday, May 30. 20,000 women are expected in this world-class event! Run with me! www.oesterreichischerdmfrauenlauf.at
  • June 3-5: Kansas City, MO: The Hospital Hill Run Half Marathon. Kathrine's famous author/runner husband, Roger Robinson is the guest speaker as it is the 30th anniversary of his winning the masters title in this race. Together they will be signing books at the packet pickup/expo area in Crown Center on June 3 & 4. Roger Robinson's speaking time TBA. Kathrine will run the half marathon on June 6; Roger will help with race announcing. www.hospitalhillrun.com
  • July 9-11: Utica, NY: The Utica Boilermaker 15K. Kathrine will be at the volunteer party from 5-7 PM on Fri. July 9, will run the kids run from 8-10 AM on Sat. July 10, will appear at the expo and Meet the Champions Seminar from 1-4 PM Sat. July 10 (All these events will be on the grounds of the Masonic Home). On Sunday, July 11 from 8-10 AM she will be on the racecourse covering the lead women for the WIBX Radio coverage of the race. Tune me in! www.boilermaker.com
  • Aug 6-8: Williamstown, Ontario, Canada: The Great Raisin River Footrace. In commemoration of legendary Tom Longboat’s 100th anniversary of running this race, Kathrine and Roger Robinson are the guest speakers on both Saturday evening, Aug 7, and after the race on Aug 8. Kathrine will run and Roger will help announce the race on Sunday; this will be followed by the other public presentation after the race. Join us for the run and the talk! Info: www.williamstownfair.com or raisinriverramblers.tripod.com or contact race directors Sheila and Wendell Lafave at swlafave@sympatico.co or 613-347-3206.
  • Sept 9-11: Detroit Lakes, MN: Dick Beardsley Half Marathon and 5K and Beardsley Marathon Running Camp. Kathrine will be the "Legend" for this year's event, and will be speaking on several occasions there, especially for camp attendees and at the pre-race pasta dinner at the Detroit Lakes Community Center and Holmes Theatre on Friday, Sept 10. She plans to run the DB Half Marathon on Saturday, Sept 11. Come run with us! www.dickbeardsleyrun.com
  • Oct 15-17: Toronto Marathon, Canada. Speaking and book signing at expo on Fri & Sat, speaking at pasta dinner on Sat evening; possibly running half marathon on Sunday and assisting with awards presentation, www.torontomarathon.com
  • Oct 22-24: (To be confirmed) Niagara Falls International Marathon, Canada: Speaking and book signing at expo on Fri & Sat, speaking at pasta dinner on Sat evening; assisting with race announcing on Sunday. www.niagarafallsmarathon.com
  • Oct 27-31: Athens, Greece: For the 2,500th anniversary of the marathon at the Athens Classic Marathon. Kathrine and her famous author/runner husband Roger Robinson are the 'celebrity' hosts and pasta dinner speakers for Marathon Tours. Both will speak at both pasta dinners and be with guests on runs and site visits. Kathrine plans to run the marathon; if she does, it will be her first road marathon in 34 years! Lots of anniversaries to celebrate; join us! www.marathontours.com
  • Nov 4-7: New York City: ING New York City Marathon, doing global TV broadcast of race, will be at all events and press conferences, plus expo with book signing time and location to be determined. www.ingnycmarathon.com
  • Nov 19-21: To be confirmed--St. Petersburg, FL: The Women's Running Magazine Women's Half Marathon; speaking and book signing at expo on Fri & Sat; will run race on Sun. Run with me!! www.womenshalfmarathon.com