A few weeks leading up to the 1972 Boston Marathon, Val Rogosheske was planning on hiding in the bushes alongside the marathon route. Then, she would pop out of the bushes and run the race. This is ...

BOSTON, MASS. (WCCO) -- A Minnesota marathoner fired the starting gun for the Boston Marathon's elite women's race Monday morning, then returned to the trail she blazed 50 years ago. Val Rogosheske, ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Val Rogosheske finished the Boston Marathon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the official women's division of the race. Flanked by her two daughters, Rogosheske crossed the finish ...

In 1972 history was made when the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) welcomed eight women to officially compete in the Boston Marathon. One of those eight was then twenty-five-year-old Val ...

He was a teacher and athlete, but what won her over were his letters. "This man could write," she said. Within a year, they were married and Val found herself on the East Coast. So when Phil, a ...