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The Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) is an annual marathon held in Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Virginia.The mission of the MCM is to promote physical fitness, generate community goodwill, and showcase the organizational skills of the United States Marine Corps.
Oct. 24—WYOMING — Kristen Marchak hit the ground running bright and early Sunday morning, supported by family, friends, and the Wilkes-Barre Bike Gang, to complete her 10th Marine Corps Marathon.
In October 2024, Wardian and his 18-year-old son Pierce ran the 49th annual Marine Corps Marathon, the 4th largest marathon in the United States. The race marked Pierce's first ever marathon. “To be able to share a marathon with Pierce is just a dream come true and something I've wanted to do for a long time,” Wardian told ABC affiliate ...
Colonel James Loftus Fowler (January 11, 1931 – January 20, 2015) was an American Marine who was the founder of the Marine Corps Marathon, an annual race since 1976 in Washington, D.C. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. [1]
Marathon: 2:14:01 [1] Jeffrey Scuffins (June 16, 1962 - March 20, 2021) was a former distance runner. He set a course record at the 1987 Marine Corps Marathon , which still stands.
He paced Sara Hall in her American record quest at the Marathon Project and Keira D'Amato to her American record and Houston Marathon win in January 2022. [5] [6] Neff won the Ultramarathon 50K Race at the Marine Corps Marathon, North America's largest ultramarathon, in 2023 and 2024. Neff set a course record of 2:55:57 in October 2023.
Running Strong's Marine Corps Marathon Team, Team Running Strong, was created when Billy Mills served as an official starter for the marathon in 2004. [ 25 ] In 2006 Running Strong joined with six other Native-focused nonprofit organizations to found the Native Ways Federation. [ 26 ]
The program also developed marathon versions of the Game. In its early years, if an addict threatened to leave Daytop, the staff put him in a coffin and staged a funeral. One of Daytop’s founders, a Roman Catholic priest named William O’Brien, thought of addicts as needy infants — another sentiment borrowed from Synanon.