Last Sunday (September 22), Meredith Fitzmaurice planned to run the half-marathon at the Run for Heroes in Amherstburg in the Canadian province of Ontario. She hoped to do it as a test run, because she wanted to get a qualifying time for the Boston Marathon at a race in Detroit next month.
But she missed a turn for the half-marathon route, and ran the full marathon. And she won – she was the first woman and the 10th runner to finish the run. And so with her run time, she qualified for the Boston Marathon.
More information:
Windsor Star – Marathon win a surprise – here
CBC As It Happens audio interview – here
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