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a group of 33 marines sailors and

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civilians participated in a satellite

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Marine Corps , historic half marathon

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aboard Forward Operating Base Delaram

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to in Afghanistan on May 20th . Alright

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martin . That's it go in order to run

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before the midday heat this time of

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year in Afghanistan , Runners woke up

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as early as 4:30 AM to prepare for the

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13.1 miles while it was many degrees

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cooler in the early morning than in the

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afternoon . Some runners still felt the

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desert heat while he ran . I was

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thinking how dry , how dry the air was

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and how thirsty , how good some water

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at the end of the race to the finish

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line would be . It's good to go out

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with your friends and do something

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that's healthy and it's fun activity .

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The participants each received a medal

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and a T shirt for running . Captain

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Patrick Sullivan the winner for the

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Mail division with a time of one hour ,

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37 minutes and 21 seconds . And Navy

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Lieutenant Rebecca Murphy , the winner

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in the female division with the time of

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one hour 48 minutes , 51 seconds . Also

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receive certificates and a gym bag full

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of goodies . I think a lot of people

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just Running against their previous

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times or whatever . So as long as

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people did better than the last time ,

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I kinda everyone's a winner , you know

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what I mean ? I was just trying to beat

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145 was my previous time . So happy

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that I did that . The long run , tested

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the endurance of those who participated .

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I'm feeling good because I might be

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hurting a little bit but I don't know

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I'm good . Well some were participating

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in order to finish in first place .

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Others had their own reasons for

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running . Such as preparing for the

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Marine Corps Marathon which runs

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through Arlington Virginia and

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Washington D . C . Um I started signed

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up . My wife's gonna do the 10K . Um

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back in , back in the States , back in

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D . C . So hopefully I'll go success as

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a goal for her to the 10-K . Gold for

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me to do the marathon and ran 26 miles .

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So we'll see if we can do this whether

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they ran just to say they ran a half

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marathon or they were trying to beat

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their personal best competitors . All

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walked with pride after finishing the

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marathon , corporal gallo forward

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operating base Delaram to

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Afghanistan .