The 32nd Marine Corps Marathon is underway!

I ran it in ’99 and 2000, and then actually went back on temporary active duty to work on the staff in 2002. It is a great race– exceptional organization, spectacular scenery, motivating crowd. If you want to do a marathon, just one to say you did it, but don’t know which to choose, this is the one. You don’t need a qualifying time and the support structure is outstanding. Then there all the nuts in the field, like the frog-suit guy, the tuxedo guy, the juggling guy, squads of Marines in boots and utes, guys carrying full size American flags, and much more. I’ve (literally) run into lots of VMI alumni as well.

When I was training, one of the strange things I noticed was that after a while, a ten or twelve mile run was nothing. Only when I got up toward 20 miles was it challenging.

If you’ve done the Marine Corps Marathon, feel free to leave a comment on what you thought was the hardest part of the course. For me, it was always Hains Point. In the past couple years they’ve done Rock Creek Park (or “Crack Rock Park” as I call it), and Rosslyn, VA. Both of those would be tough hills to climb.

Yes, I’ll probably do it once more, just to nail down the elusive target time.

Sourse: The Marathon

                        

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