Boyfriend secretly trains for two months to surprise girlfriend and run alongside her in her first half-marathon
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Jason Burns, a competitive powerlifter, secretly trained for two months so he could surprise his girlfriend Emma Kessler by running alongside her during her first half-marathon in St. Charles, Missouri, after she had been anxious and asking him to join her.
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