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Professional distance runner outpaces two bears while training in Maine woods
Source: The Guardian
Professional distance runner outpaces two bears while training in Maine woods
• Professional runner escapes two black bears encountered on morning run
• Moninda Marube turned and ran before taking refuge in a vacant house
Guardian sport and agencies
Thursday 6 July 2017 21.41 BST
A professional runner from Kenya says he had to outrun two charging bears while training in the woods of Maine.
Moninda Marube went for a run early Wednesday on a nature trail near his home in Auburn. The Lewiston Sun Journal reported he ran into two black bears just after passing a vacant house near Auburn Lake.
“I had to think very fast,” Marube, who has lived in the United States since 2010, told the newspaper. “In my head, I know I can’t swim. I fear swimming. I fear water.”
Marube says he froze and engaged in a stare-down with the bears. He says he thought his only option was to run away. “I knew I could not climb up a tree because bears can climb a tree,” he said. “The only solution I had at that time was to be able to run.”
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• Professional runner escapes two black bears encountered on morning run
• Moninda Marube turned and ran before taking refuge in a vacant house
Guardian sport and agencies
Thursday 6 July 2017 21.41 BST
A professional runner from Kenya says he had to outrun two charging bears while training in the woods of Maine.
Moninda Marube went for a run early Wednesday on a nature trail near his home in Auburn. The Lewiston Sun Journal reported he ran into two black bears just after passing a vacant house near Auburn Lake.
“I had to think very fast,” Marube, who has lived in the United States since 2010, told the newspaper. “In my head, I know I can’t swim. I fear swimming. I fear water.”
Marube says he froze and engaged in a stare-down with the bears. He says he thought his only option was to run away. “I knew I could not climb up a tree because bears can climb a tree,” he said. “The only solution I had at that time was to be able to run.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/professional-distance-runner-outpaces-two-bears-while-training-in-maine-woods
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George: I know. I don't need to outrun the angry bear. All I have to do is outrun you!
(The obligatory and standard joke.)
