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Okay , more than 1000 troops deployed

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to Afghanistan , Kurdistan and other

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undisclosed bases in Southwest Asia

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took part in the Air Force marathon by

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running a full or half marathon or 10-K .

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It's really awesome to have the

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opportunity to come out and do a

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marathon here and deployed location .

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We're very fortunate to have the space

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here . Had no idea we were going to

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have this opportunity when I came out

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to deploy . The race was open to all

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services and civilians . It's good to

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see in this type of environment . You

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know , it's not just , yes , the Air

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Force birthday , this airport is the

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Air Force Marathon and 10-K . Um but to

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really have the other forces out here

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shows you truly that we have a total

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Forest Service going forward to lead

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the fight And for some it was the first

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time they ever took part in a run this

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long . No , actually , I've never ran

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more than 10 miles . So this was the

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first time for me . But like I said ,

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it felt really good and I was happy and

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motivated by everybody else around me .

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So I made to run that much more easy .

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The average time , it took runners to

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cross the finish line at each of their

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respective bases was more than an hour

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giving these runners a lot of time to

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contemplate marathon . It was a great

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experience . Just a good time to just

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run outside and just think about what

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it is . We're doing over here trying to

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make a difference . This was the 15th

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annual marathon in the 64 year history

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of the Air Force , Marine corporal

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kevin BB bagram Airfield Afghanistan .