WEBVTT 00:06.940 --> 00:10.870 Okay , Bridge 2022 . It's race 00:10.870 --> 00:13.090 day for the fourth largest marathon in 00:13.090 --> 00:16.640 the United States Marine Corps Marathon 00:16.650 --> 00:18.660 in Washington D . C . Months of 00:18.660 --> 00:20.820 preparation are about to be tested . 00:20.830 --> 00:22.886 I'm feeling pretty good , you know , 00:22.886 --> 00:24.997 it's just first marathon . So you got 00:24.997 --> 00:26.997 marathon jitters . It's beautiful . 00:26.997 --> 00:29.163 It's better than I actually expected . 00:29.163 --> 00:31.163 So hopefully it doesn't warm up too 00:31.163 --> 00:33.219 quickly . Lots of training And we'll 00:33.219 --> 00:35.441 see how this works out at the end . You 00:35.441 --> 00:37.663 got those overseas ribbons on your , on 00:37.663 --> 00:37.560 your little bibs there . But for more 00:37.560 --> 00:41.190 than 300 athletes , the race is 26.2 mi . 00:41.200 --> 00:43.310 Won't be run among the monuments and 00:43.310 --> 00:45.199 scenery of the nation's capital . 00:48.040 --> 00:50.150 This is the Marine Corps Marathon 00:50.160 --> 00:52.271 Forward at Camp Leatherneck , Helmand 00:52.271 --> 00:55.120 province Afghanistan . Now in its third 00:55.120 --> 00:57.210 year , the forward race is five laps 00:57.220 --> 00:59.970 around a flat course , Complete with 00:59.980 --> 01:03.490 dust , rocks and plenty of marathon 01:03.490 --> 01:07.410 pain this year , British army captain 01:07.410 --> 01:09.466 Fraser , Alexander claimed the men's 01:09.466 --> 01:11.940 title in two hours 49 minutes while 01:11.940 --> 01:14.010 first lieutenant Angelica Valdez to 01:14.010 --> 01:16.177 comb the women's race in three hours , 01:16.177 --> 01:18.620 15 minutes . Well , I think I I owe it 01:18.630 --> 01:21.850 to all the uh , all the younger marines 01:21.850 --> 01:24.510 to be fit , work extra hard and to 01:24.510 --> 01:26.454 actually go one of my runs after I 01:26.454 --> 01:28.677 completed a , you know , my , my work , 01:28.840 --> 01:31.730 My operational duties , the top 01:31.730 --> 01:33.897 finishers weren't the only ones to get 01:33.897 --> 01:36.590 something out of the race . 325 runners 01:36.590 --> 01:38.860 finished the event , although for many 01:38.870 --> 01:40.990 it wasn't easy . It feels like a 01:40.990 --> 01:43.280 marathon . I'm not sure how to describe 01:43.280 --> 01:47.080 it , but it was intense . 01:47.140 --> 01:50.510 I thought I wasn't going to make it 01:50.520 --> 01:54.280 initially . But yeah , pain was what I 01:54.280 --> 01:56.447 was expecting , but we're doing pretty 01:56.447 --> 01:59.540 good so far . So I did it in a it was 01:59.550 --> 02:01.772 it was a good , it was a good feeling , 02:01.772 --> 02:03.828 you know , did it for all the fallen 02:03.828 --> 02:03.610 heroes as well . I was out there every 02:03.610 --> 02:05.832 time I wanted to quit . I thought about 02:05.832 --> 02:07.832 someone that we lost . So I kept me 02:07.832 --> 02:10.110 going . Good job , good job , good job , 02:10.110 --> 02:12.166 good job . The Marine Corps Marathon 02:12.166 --> 02:14.277 forward . Not as fast that your first 02:14.277 --> 02:17.480 one , not as scenic , but just as tough 02:17.490 --> 02:19.379 reporting from camp leatherneck , 02:19.379 --> 02:21.601 Helmand province . I'm Staff sergeant , 02:21.601 --> 02:23.750 jeremy ross . Mhm .