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ACLI Capital Challenge loses Richard Lugar

By Jenny Rogers
Published May 14, 2012 4:00am ET
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ACLI Capital Challenge loses Richard Lugar
After a tough primary loss last week, Sen. Richard Lugar prepares to run his 31st and final ACLI Capital Challenge on Wednesday. Race director Jeff Darman called Lugar’s commitment to the three-mile race “something special.” “He’s the only person, period, who has ever run every one of our races,” Darman said. “To have somebody come […]

After a tough primary loss last week, Sen. Richard Lugar prepares to run his 31st and final ACLI Capital Challenge on Wednesday. Race director Jeff Darman called Lugar’s commitment to the three-mile race “something special.”

“He’s the only person, period, who has ever run every one of our races,” Darman said. “To have somebody come out and make a commitment, particularly in Washington, and never go back on it, it’s incredible.” Lugar clocked in at 44:40 last year, though Darman says as a younger man, the senator could do it in under 30 minutes.

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