SPECIAL: Tom will run the BOSTON MARATHON April 18 to generate awareness for Barb’s Beer and help bring the “Racing to the Cure” campaign to Boston and the east coast off the program’s success in the NW. During her run, race official Jock Semple attempted to stop Switzer and grab her official bib however, he was shoved to the ground by Switzers boyfriend. even though race director Jock Semple tried to rip off her bib number, 261. Tom will donate all proceeds from his share to the Barb’s Beer Foundation. Kathrine Switzer is the first woman to race the 26.2-mile distance 50 years apart. Look for an updated edition of “Just Call Me Jock” in time for the 2017 Boston Marathon. “I made Kathy famous and myself infamous,” said Jock, who became great friends with Kathy once the rules were changed by 1972. But near mile two, race official Jock Sempleirate that a woman was in his racegrabbed her and tried to yank off her number. Jock believed he was just “protecting the rules,” but photos of Jock getting pitched into a ditch with a shoulder block from Kathy’s boyfriend ran page one around the world – and Jock’s chasing Kathy that day effectively helped usher in women’s running in America. The 2017 Boston Marathon will mark the 50th anniversary of Jock chasing Katherine Switzer down the road in the 1967 marathon to “retrieve” the Boston Marathon number he gave her by mistake, he said, after Katherine applied as “K.” Switzer. The book offers a history of the Boston Marathon as seen through the eyes of Jock Semple, legendary Boston Marathon figure (Jock ran his first Boston in 1929 and later served as co-director into the 1970s.) The book “Just Call Me Jock” (1982) occupies a spot in the trophy case at Boston Athletic Association headquarters in Boston. This year, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of her historic run as the first registered female to complete the Boston Marathon.
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