This 9-year-old Won A 10k Race That He Didn’t Even Know He Was Running—and Now He’s Training For The Junior Olympics
When Kade Lovell didn’t cross the finish line of the 5k he was running, his mom started to worry about her kiddo. The 9-year-old was a good runner, and the 5k course of the St. Francis Franny Flyer in Sartell, Minnesota, just wasn’t that complicated, so where the heck had
Posted — UpdatedHeather Lovell then started to get worried.
But she soon found out that Kade was just fine. A bit panicked, and somewhat tired — but well.
Though Kade had signed up for the 5k race, he’d been directed into a wrong turn by a volunteer on the course — and that meant he was now leading the 10k!
He didn’t figure out he was running twice as far as he intended to until he reached a sign that read “10k turnaround.”
Kade kept going — at a sub-8-minute-per-mile pace. As the boy finally passed his mother, she yelled out that he was in trouble and he started crying. Following the end of the race and subsequent explanations, though, they were just glad he was safe and had completed the race.
KARE 11 shared the story about Kade’s bigger-than-expected victory on their YouTube channel:
Way to go, Kade, and good luck at the Junior Olympics!
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