Albuquerque marathon runner prepares for Olympic qualifying race

Albuquerque marathon runner prepares for Olympic qualifying race

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With sneakers laced up and the sun shining, Sofie Schunk is in her happy place. “I think it’s a way to challenge myself and give me peace, and makes me focused the rest of the day,” Schunk said. She’s always been an athlete. She played soccer for La Cueva and then at Marquette University in Wisconsin. But now, she has a new sport – marathon running. “I couldn’t even run probably over five miles eight years ago,” Schunk sai…