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Lead Stories: Friday, August 29, 2008

Past Champions Headline Twin Cities Marathon; Prize purse exceeds $300k

Posted September 19th, 2007 at 8:02 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Past Twin Cities Marathon champions Augustus Kavutu, Kim Pawelek, Irina Bogacheva, women’s course record holder Zina Semenova and two-time defending USA Masters champion Susan Loken are set to return to compete for more than $300,000 in prize money at the 26th Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 7, 2007.
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Runners earn unexpected win at ‘06 Jacksonville Marathon

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

Section: News & Results, Marathons

There 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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