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Eileen Gu finished second in her age group at the San Francisco half marathon last weekend, just 36 hours after signing up and with no formal training.
Gu crossed the finish line of the 13.1-mile race in 1:41:07, an impressive 7:43-mile pace.
“Landed in San Francisco 36 hrs ago and spontaneously signed up for the San Francisco half marathon. Went in with the relatively simple goal of finishing the race but got a bit competitive around mile 7 & wanted to see what I could make happen… hyped to walk away with an unexpected second place in the 19 and under age group!! Still on a high. What a day.”
– Eileen Gu
Although the entry was spontaneous, she does have running experience. According to Runners World, she was a competitive cross-country runner for seven years and has posted previous running workouts on Instagram over the years.
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Gu won gold medals in big air and halfpipe, a silver medal in slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, numerous gold medals at the 2021 World Championships and Winter X Games, and two gold medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
The 18-year-old Olympic freestyle skiing champion, born and raised in San Francisco, CA, chose to represent China in 2019 as her mother is from China.
Bubba? Is that you? How’s Alabama?
Go back to China traitor.
besides being an Olympic athlete…