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"Cincinnati celebrated the potential of girl power with the 10th annual Girls on the Run 5K.Girls on the Run is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging girls to know their limitless potential and to accomplish all of their dreams.Watch this storyOrganizers said there were more than 1,500 participants from about 104 schools and groups this year.WLWT News 5\u2019s Richard Chiles spoke with one of the girls running.McKenzie Tice has been fighting a battle against an autoimmune system disease called TRAPS, but that didn\u2019t stop her from finishing the race.\u201CI believed in myself, and I did it,\u201D\u00A0McKenzie Tice said. \"It was really cool, but I really want to thank my team because they really helped me and encouraged me along the way.\"Tice and her team trained for weeks to complete this run.One of the race organizers, Kathy Jensen, spoke about what the race means to everyone involved.\u201COur message at Girls on the Run is girl empowerment. We have 104 teams with 1,500 participants from all over the Tri-State area,\u201D Jensen said. \u201C(The race) is about building girls\u2019 character and giving them the tools they need to be healthy and confident young women.\u201DSeeing how far his daughter has come meant a lot to McKenzie's dad, Tom Tice.\"There were days when it was just a fight. Lay around in bed in pain. Seeing where she is now just moves me,\" Tom Tice said.The overall message from the 5K was that whatever the girls set their mind to they can achieve -- these girls are powerful."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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