A Minnesota 9-year-old took a wrong turn during a 5k race and ended up winning a 10k, coming out ahead of a field that was otherwise all adults.
Kade Lovell of St. Cloud was expecting to run the 3.1-mile version of the St. Francis Franny Flyer in Sartell but he missed his turn and ended up finishing first in the 6.2-mile version of the race, beating a field of competitors where the next youngest person was in their 20s.
The average age of runners in the race was 38, and the second place finisher, a 40-year-old man, finished a full minute behind Lovell.
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Lovell said it was too late to turn back by the time he realized he had followed the wrong route.
"At the end where you had to turn around there's a 10k sign, I was like, 'This is not a 5k.' Once I turned around I was like, my mom is going to yell at me," he told WCCO-TV.
The boy's time was just over 48 minutes.
Lovell said he trains three times a week and is planning to compete in the Junior Olympics in the winter.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
