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Kevin McCaffrey runs at Holmes Lake on Sunday. McCaffrey has been running a 50-mile ultra-marathon at the lake each month this year, inviting others to join him and raise money for good causes.

• OLIVIA ANDERSON, Journal Star

Kevin McCaffrey (left) takes a selfie with Lori Borer, owner of Fleet Feet, at Holmes Lake on Sunday. McCaffrey organizes monthly ultra-marathons at Holmes Lake with Fleet Feet.

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Kevin McCaffrey (center) stretches alongside Trevor White (left) and Casey Hartshorn, who ran with McCaffrey on Sunday at Holmes Lake.

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Kouassi Occansey (left) says goodbye to Kevin McCaffrey after running 25 miles with him on Sunday at Holmes Lake.

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Kevin McCaffrey wasn’t good at running when he started in 2007. He didn’t even like it for the first few years, but he was determined to make it a part of his life.

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Kevin McCaffrey runs at Holmes Lake on Sunday. McCaffrey has been running a 50-mile ultra-marathon at the lake each month this year, inviting others to join him and raise money for good causes.

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Kevin McCaffrey (left) takes a selfie with Lori Borer, owner of Fleet Feet, at Holmes Lake on Sunday. McCaffrey organizes monthly ultra-marathons at Holmes Lake with Fleet Feet.

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Kevin McCaffrey (center) stretches alongside Trevor White (left) and Casey Hartshorn, who ran with McCaffrey on Sunday at Holmes Lake.

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