‘Women have superpowers’: Pregnant runner wins half-marathon
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INDIANAPOLIS (WJW) — A 23-weeks pregnant woman beat out the rest of the competition in an Indianapolis half marathon this past weekend.
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Anna Rohrer was the reigning women’s champion at the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, and returned Saturday to win once again, according to a festival press release.
In looking at the race results, Rohrer beat out more than 8,000 other women, with a time of 1:15:18. The 13.1-mile race rolled through the city’s downtown area along with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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A little over halfway there in her pregnancy, Rohrer said she didn’t expect to win this time around, saying “women have superpowers” in an Instagram post.
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“It’s been a fun and strange training block trying to gauge how fast I can run while getting into better shape and simultaneously growing a whole human,” Rohrer said in the Instagram post. “I’ll always love running and competing, but it can’t even compare to the gift of motherhood.”
This is the athlete’s first child.
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