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[Tyler Novelle] She never mentioned anything,
but I started to notice a pattern.
[Tyler Novelle, Husband] Six runs a week,
a long run every weekend.
Eventually it just hit me.
She was going to be the first person to run a marathon
without telling anyone about it.
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[ESBN Films Presents] [Kim Novelle: The Secret Marathon]
For years, running a marathon without telling anyone
was actually thought to be physically impossible.
With even the most private runners giving in to Facebook posts,
Instagram sneakers, and self-congratulatory tweets
any time they ran in the rain.
But Kim's incredible endurance and will power
left a mark on everyone who saw her.
[Brian Anderson, Host - "Trash Talkers"] She had something special
I had never seen before in a marathoner, modesty.
[Tyler Novelle] I posted twelve photos of me watching her run the marathon.
How did she do it? I'll never know.
[Dennis McMartin, Sportscaster - ESBN] The statistics are incredible.
Fifteen weeks of training and never once did she utter the phrase
"carbo loading." I just said it,
and I've only run a 5k although I am in training for a 10k later this fall.
Despite multiple requests, Kim refused to be interviewed for this program
saying, "Why would I have talked about something that's not interesting to anyone else?"
But many of her fans still can't let it go.
[Brian Anderson] It almost seemed like she enjoyed running for its own sake.
I mean, what? What?
[Dennis McMartin] The whole point of running a marathon
is being able to tell people that you've run a marathon.
Otherwise, just go for a long run.
And the impact of Kim's run still resonates with fans
continuing to visit the site of that momentous day.
[Brian Anderson] This is where it all went down. The finish line was right over there.
You can imagine the crowd roaring,
the runner's high.
And she got her car and she drove away.
Sorry. Unexpectedly emotional.
[camera snapshot sound] Just going to put it on Twitter
and Instagram, maybe Facebook,
and Snapchat to a few people,
email my college roommate.
Everyone's got to see this.
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