Marine Corps Marathon, October 2005

I went out and cheered for the bold souls who were running the 30th Marine Corps Marathon. I saw Steph Morrison and Abby Benson a few times, but didn't have any luck finding other folks I know. Here are some pictures I took around the course.


DUKW leads the way through Rosslyn

Lead runners from the First Wave

...followed by others

Connie Morrison, Aaron Scholer, and Don Morrison await Steph at the Kennedy Center

Steph looks surprisingly happy at mile 22.5 in Crystal City

Bad aim on my part; you can just see Steph edging into the frame on the left

Steph finishes strong, smashing her previous best time

Abby is all smiles finishing her first full marathon

Dan shows off the custom shirt he made for the race, then forgot to uncover until after Steph finished

It was a beautiful day in DC...

...Nice temperatures, few clouds...

...and plenty of sights to see in between rooting for runners

Let the record show that not only did I make a spreadsheet and mark up the map, but I took notes during the race.

And the [unofficial] Results (some numbers may be messed up, since it was a staggered start):

Runner/ Time / Overall Place / Place in Gender / Place in Division
Walt Chubrick / 3:39:07/ 1419 / 1163 / 205
Ben Earnest / 4:01:51 / 3627 / 2757/ 327
Steph Morrison /4:07:19 / 4214 / 1069 / 246
Abby Benson /4:50:28/ 10180/ 3279 /557
Amy Kitzmiller /4:59:27 /11521 /3851/ 851
Theresa Grano /5:02:42 /11936 /4040 /897
Josi Heron /5:02:42/ 11938/ 4041/ 898

And for perspective:

Ruben Garcia / 2:22:14 / 1 / 1 / 1

Great job, everybody.