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Lead Stories: Thursday, August 28, 2008

Runners earn unexpected win at ‘06 Jacksonville Marathon

Posted December 19th, 2006 at 4:00 PM by Jenna Sumara

Section: News & Results, Marathons

jax-marathon.jpgThere was an unexpected win on Sunday at Jacksonville’s no-frill marathon. Kim Pawelek, a 2008 Olympic Trials qualifier wasn’t planning on actually finishing the race; intending for it to be a mere training run.

She had planned to call it quits after 20 miles and just have a fun LSD (long, slow distance). She didn’t even wear here racing shoes. However, around mile marker 18, Pawelek realized that she was the leader.
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