The news desk
On October 7, 2026, Runner's World reported that Utah florist Jill Frisch, who says she hates running, secretly trained for months just to pace her husband Zach, an ultrarunner, on the day of the Utah Valley Marathon & Half and give him a surprise. To keep her husband from noticing, she hid the Altra running shoes she bought in secret in the trunk of her car. The report currently presents only this preparation process and has not yet mentioned the actual result on race day or the husband's reaction.
Utah florist and cake artist Jill Frisch, a self-described non-runner, secretly trained for months to run with her ultrarunner husband Zach at the Utah Valley Marathon & Half, even hiding the Altra running shoes she bought in her car trunk.