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'Fat Girl Running' Blogger Travels From Georgia For Ultrarunner Race In McDowell Mountains

By Sarah Ventre
Published: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 4:38pm
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(Photo by Annika Cline - KJZZ)
Mirna Valerio (left) runs with KJZZ's Sarah Ventre. Valerio lives in Georgia and has a blog called Fat Girl Running.

This weekend in the McDowell Mountains, ultrarunners will race for 100 kilometers – just more than 62 miles – in a run called the Javelina Jundred.

One of those runners is Mirna Valerio, who lives in Georgia and has a blog called Fat Girl Running. She has been training for some time, and as her blog title suggests, she doesn’t have a stereotypical runner’s body, but she races these incredible distances.

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