Posted on 04/20/2006 3:57:37 PM PDT by cyborg
ALI BASE, Iraq -- For the second time the Boston Marathon came to Iraq and more than 250 men and women ran either individually or part of four-person teams. One of those running was Air Force Capt. Casey Jackson, with the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron. Captain Jackson, who is deployed here from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is an avid runner with three international marathons under his belt.
The 5-foot-7-inch, 140-pound man placed first among all Air Force members and second place in the individual race with a time of 3 hours, 2 minutes, 17 seconds. He finished behind Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matt Simms, who had a time of 2:53:35 and is based at Camp Slayer in Baghdad.
In Boston the high temperature is expected to reach 58 degrees on the day of the marathon (April 17). At the start of the marathon here the low was near 70 with temperatures reaching nearly 95 by the time some of the runners finished.
The 2000 graduate of Western Oregon University said he was doing fine until the 23rd mile. After that he said, “It was hell.”
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Go NAVY!
LOL!
Was race held at Manchester-Boston-Ali Base Airport or Worcester-Boston-Ali Base Airport?
(bad local joke)
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