Army 10 Miler Finish

[Guest]

Hoohah! I finished the Army 10 Miler, your supposed to get emotional after you finish a race, I was emotional just before the start. My husband and I had a great time, beautiful weather, and a POPB for me!

Chip Time: 1:34:52, Pace: 9:29, overall finish 9108/18857, Women Runners: 2639/8205, Age group 45-49: 215/774.

58 degrees at the start. 10 Miler is the second largest 10 miler in the world and this year 26,000 runners. The hard part was getting around people so that I could run my pace. The support along the route was awesome. The Army band played at mile 6, everything was just wonderful, plenty of water and gatoraide, I used Jack's suggestion of squeezing the top of the cup to drink, worked like a charm. The sea of people running is an amazing site. A lot of soldiers ran, some with pictures of fallen comrades on their t-shirts, there were 4 soldiers (amputees with prosthesis) from Brooke Army Medical Ctr. People lined the route, bridge overpasses, and the finish area.

I'm attaching a picture of my finishers medal, and a few of the memorials. The WWII memorial is spectacular.

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[Guest]

The WWII Memorial was very well done. View attachment 6335

 

[Guest]

At each end is a tower representing the Pacific and Atlantic conflicts. Within the towers are huge bronze doves with ribbon in their mouths, wrapped within a wreath.

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[Guest]

The Pentagon memorial has benches with each victims name engraved on the end, a little water fountain pond underneath each one. If you look at this picture, you can see the Pentagon's reflection. This wall is the wall that was hit. You are not allowed to take pictures of the actual Pentagon.

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[Guest]

This memorial plague was made out of a piece of the wall debri from the crash site. It was used to create a memorial for the victims until the permanent memorial was finished.

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[Guest]

One more of the WWII Memorial.

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[zipper2]

Just beautiful Louise.....GOOD JOB
Medals are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing these beautiful
pictures and your stragety of the race.
CONGRATULATIONS!

zipper2 (DEB)

 

[Guest]

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I wore this to take you all along with me.

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[MaryC]

Lousie,
What an excellent accomplishment. It sounds like it was a very special day. I know you have been training for this day for some time. Congratulations and thank for you sharing and inspiring.

Chris

 

[tprice54]

Great job!!! Now, I am personally inviting you and your husband to the 2009 Wineglass Marathon relay teams.... mark it on your calendar!

 

[Guest]

Great job!!! Now, I am personally inviting you and your husband to the 2009 Wineglass Marathon relay teams.... mark it on your calendar!

Tom,

It's a date! Please send me the details. We discussed this relay while in DC, we've never been to upstate NY, and I already explained that it's not like New York City, according to your reply to me months ago. Can you find us a team? PM or email me the information, contacts, etc. if you don't mind.