2024 Marine Corps Marathon

[DTT!FSA!]

It's obviously the weight of wisdom and has nothing to do with bacon...

 

[Capt MJ]

The heft of wisdom... I like it!

It’s why older people lose inches in height. They are top-heavy with something at the top of their spine. Could be wisdom, but could also be curmudgeonliness, hubris, and other choice options.

 

[Heatherg21]

Friends with a '24 mom and dad from our home state. He just ran the Marine Marathon. I was so proud of him. He overcame a lot of obstacles in the past few years and dad (retired Marine himself) got it done, pictures with smiles were awesome.

 

[TBVADAD]

A lot of memories with the MCM. My favorite uncle died in 2022 and was a Marine. He grew up in New York and would hear his tales of ww2 from his uncles as Marines.

My MCM medals are buried with him now along with my bibs.

 

[Gnarlygoat27]

Hubs ran the MCM with his roommates firstie year. He was in midshipman shape but actually did a wee bit of training to practice longer runs, maybe got up to 13 miles. Roomies did the overnight training program which involved eating spaghetti for dinner and praying. But they all managed to finish with a decent time, some a little worse for wear. Then hubs ran another one in his 40s but trained for months with a whole marathon program. Finished with pretty much the same time or even a smidge longer. Youth is an amazing thing!

 

[THParent]

I did take a ZipLoc bag of crispy cooked bacon to snack on as a spectator. I felt a little guilty about it as all these fit folks ran by.

Well, a little guilty.

 

[Devil Doc]

I did take a ZipLoc bag of crispy cooked bacon to snack on as a spectator. I felt a little guilty about it as all these fit folks ran by.

Well, a little guilty.

I'm sure you're fit.