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 cant 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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