Some 30,000 masochists runners wasted enjoyed Sunday’s georgous weather in Washington D.C. by taking part in the 36th Marine Corps Marathon. Among those running this year was The Price is Right host Drew Carey, a former Marine Corps reservist who was participating in his first marathon. This year’s winner was Army Reserve 1st Lt. Charles Ware, who finished in 2:19:16, the best MCM finish since 1997. Ware’s nearest competitor finished more than four minutes behind him. Perhaps almost as impressive as Ware’s finish was the fact that retired Marine Col. Johnathan Mendes, 90, completed the race. Mendes, who earned a Distinguished…
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After Action wants to give a shout out to the tens of thousands of runners toeing the line at the 36th Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday. Here’s hoping the months of grueling long-runs pay off with a huge PR. In town and thinking about watching the marathon? Aren’t sure when the gun goes off? Figure you’ll catch a Metro train and see where you end up? Don’t worry if you haven’t done your pre-race homework — event organizers have you covered. The MCM folks have put out a special video guide for spectators with some viewer-friendly locations and race-watching tips. Metro opens at 5 a.m. on race…
A former Naval Academy runner is back on track, representing the U.S. this week at the Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro. Ensign Andrew Hanko of Montville, N.J., the three-time Patriot League champion in the 5,000 meters, graduated from the academy last month, and he’s been training in Annapolis while he awaits nuclear-power school in Charleston, S.C., which begins in September. Hanko is running the 5,000 in the quadrennial competition; preliminaries are being held Thursday and Friday, with the finals on Saturday. Read more about Hanko in Jane Havsy’s story on the Daily Record of Morris County’s website.
The 2011 Boston Marathon featured an inspirational showing by an 81-year-old Air Force veteran and a blazing finish from an Air Force active-duty female runner. First Lt. Caroline White, from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, finished in 2:37:30, a personal best and enough to take 18th place in her division. White is a winner and a beast of a runner. White wasn’t the only runner to represent the Air Force with distinction. Air Force veteran Clarence Hartley, 81, has survived two wars and two types of cancer. The Korean and Vietnam vet, who was featured…
Capt. James Bales is an Air Force officer, an orthopedic surgeon, a star triathlete and is training to compete in the 2012 Olympics. Makes you feel like a doughy dullard, doesn’t it? But wait, there’s more: The Air Force brass named Bales of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., as the service’s top male athlete of 2010. And while the rest of us were dealing with frigid temperatures, the doc was in San Diego last month to accept the award at the annual Air Force Sports Directors Conference. Now Bales, on staff at the Air Force Academy, is training for the…
Air Force barefoot runners breathe easy. Rumors flooded into our e-mail box after we published a feature on barefoot running. Airmen wondered if the rumor was true: Are Vibram Five Fingers shoes banned from Air Force gyms or while wearing the PT uniform? Staff Sgt. Darrell Knowlton was told when he walked into his base gym at Andrews Air Force Base to take his Five Fingers off. Tech Sgt. Bradley Smith also heard a rumor the barefoot shoes were banned while wearing the PT uniform. After Action took the rumors to the source. Beth Gosselin, an Air Force spokeswoman, confirmed…
Know of any service members that ran in Monday’s race and weren’t in uniform? Drop us a line at ssmyth@atpco.com.
Anyone familiar with the Boston Marathon knows it’s one of the biggest events in the running world — thousands taking over the streets of the Boston suburbs, crossing over the infamous Heartbreak Hill and barreling downhill toward the city’s historic Back Bay. There’s a military tie-in, too: it happens on Patriots’ Day, which commemorates the first battles of the Revolutionary War. There always are a number of stories that go along with the race that really hit a nerve, and there often is a decent contingent of military runners participating, both stateside and in parallel races run in the war…
