![]() "I was so terrified and embarrassed and humiliated, but then I said, 'no, I've got to finish this race, because if I don't nobody is gonna believe women should be taken seriously," she said. ![]() The moment galvanized Switzer and set her on a new course as an advocate for women's athletics. He said, 'give me those numbers, give me those numbers.' He went after the one on my back, and as he went for that my burly boyfriend who was running along the side - 235-lbs, ex-All-American football player, took out the official just like that and sent him flying, and my coach said, 'run like hell," she recalled. ![]() "And he grabbed me and he screamed, 'get the hell out of my race.' I was just terrified. It turns out the out of control guy was one of the race organizers - Jock Semple. "And all of a sudden I heard a scraping sound, and I turned and suddenly looked into the face of the angriest guy I had ever seen.
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