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Superheroes Promote Fitness in Girls on the Run 5K

The race was downtown Saturday and had more than 5,600 runners.

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Girls from raced in the annual Girls on the Run 5K Saturday in downtown St. Louis.

The organization promotes fitness and self-esteem and is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Girls in elementary school trained twice a week for 10 weeks for the 5K. 

This year, the race's theme was "Be your own superhero." 

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