The intersection of New Hope Cedar Point Road and Highway 72 seemed safe enough, he said, offering decent sight lines in either direction and a grass median. She has run marathons in a tutu and in a fox costume. McCoy ran recreationally at the University of Iowa, and kept it up when she moved to New York in 2006. She tried a half-marathon in Central Park, then marathons, and before long she was running the Great New York 100 Mile Running Exposition and other ultramarathons throughout the country. She was drawn to the Heart of the South race because she liked the organic feel of a multiday race with no support.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2020 09:00 UTC