The Marine Corps marathon took place this last Sunday, and what an event! The marathon has been run every year for the past 34 years and started with 1,175 runners. Today the race is run and walked by over 20,000! This amazing group of people come from such a large and diverse group. Some folks come from as far as Japan and Australia just to run this race. The course is a grueling 26.2 miles for the trained runner, with a 10k race also taking place simultaniously for runners of all ages. It is truly amazing that a race that people train for months and months, is won in as little as 2.21 hours, which is the winning time turned in by John Mentzer for the men and 2.49 hours turned in by Muliye Gurmu for the women.

What great dedication it must take to be so determined and disciplined to accomplish this marathon. Congratulations to all runners, you are all winners in my book!

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