WASHINGTON — During the month of October, 蜜桃视频app profiled eight Marine Corps Marathon runners.
Here’s how they finished:
聽— 3:51:05. 聽This was the 100th marathon for the Alexandria, Virginia, native, who is raising money to renovate local playgrounds聽through her nonprofit RunningBrooke.
— 4:34:03. Raised in Reston, Virginia, Anderson ran to honor a high school friend who was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack at the Pentagon.
— 5:06:21.聽She ran in memory of her son, Army 1st Lt. Jeff Kaylor, who was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
— 4:58:11. The first-time marathoner from Springfield, Ohio, decided to take control of his health and lost 160 pounds, nearly half his body weight.
— 6:52:17. Three days before the marathon, she completed her last round of radiation to treat a life-threatening brain tumor.
— 6:04:41. Anna ran her first marathon in memory of her brother, Army Spc. Thomas Doerflinger, who was killed in Iraq on Veterans Day in 2004. She is part of the wear blue: run to remember Gold Star Race Program.
— 5:20:33. This was a聽first marathon for Falcone, who was聽critically injured when a car crashed through a restaurant. She ran to raise money for the Semper Fi Foundation.
— 6:24:27. She completed the marathon while pushing Jeffrey Bergeman, a 10-year-old boy with special needs.
