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Spectating at the Marine Corps Marathon

Published October 21, 2016 at 5:17PM | Updated October 25, 2018 at 4:15PM

Photo: Steve Laico

The Marine Corps Marathon brings thousands of spectators to Washington D.C. and Arlington every October, all of whom just want to see their runner and enjoy their time in the nation’s capital. In 2014, we published a spectator’s guide of advice from our editor. This year, we asked local runners and their friends for their best advice to making the most out of that morning. Use this guide while developing your plan for the day to best support your runner and make the most of your morning!

Different MCM courses, same rough finish

By Charlie Ban

Published October 21, 2016 at 2:18PM

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Like many Marine Corps Marathon runners, Al Richmond fixated on a part of the course that he just couldn’t wait to finish. While running the race for the first time, he cursed the trip down the George Washington Parkway to Old Town Alexandria.

Military Running: Christine Taranto

By Katie Bolton

Published October 18, 2016 at 5:34PM | Updated April 1, 2018 at 8:52PM

From her early days at the U.S. Naval Academy, Christine Taranto knew she wanted to be a Marine. Marines were tough and disciplined, the best of the best. The ones she met immediately impressed her. She worked to meet the Corps’ high standards for physical fitness and academic achievement. When she struggled, she doubled down to prove that she wouldn’t hesitate to put in the work. She remembers wanting the Marine evaluators to know, “Look, I’m not gonna give up. I want to do this… I’m not going to give up unless you tell me to.”

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The Kids on the Course

By Charlie Ban

Published October 16, 2016 at 9:25PM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:47PM

Jalen Bunch, Cort Merritt and Henry Reid race during the DCXC Invitational. Photo: Charlie Ban

There was big news spreading at the DCXC Invitational, after the elementary school races. Two girls were eager to share it.

“I got second place!”

Hating running, but doing it anyway

By Charlie Ban

Published October 16, 2016 at 9:17PM

Marla Westervelt glowers at her running shoes. Man, she hates them. Photo: Sara Alepin/Photos from the Harty

As two runners pass on an early morning shakeout, they nod and imagine saying to each other, “If nothing good happens today, at least we ran.”

Not Marla Westervelt.

There’s No Bench in Cross Country

By Jen Maranzano

Published October 11, 2016 at 10:55AM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:47PM

Photo: Marleen van den Neste

Whether you’re first or fifteenth on the cross country team, you run. Hard.

“Every single day I see everyone run until their lungs are on fire,” said Fernanda Yepez–Lopez, a senior at Walter Johnson, in Bethesda.

Perry Shoemaker goes straight to the top

By Maggie Lloyd

Published October 11, 2016 at 10:40AM

Perry Shoemaker finishes second at the Army Ten-Miler for the second year in a row. Photo: Dustin Whitlow/DWhit Photography

“I love running.”

Those three words by Perry Shoemaker explain a lot about her success at the age of 45. She’s won the .US National 12k master’s championship three years in a row. In 2016 she was one of the top 10 American women at the Cherry Blossom Ten Miler. In 2015 she was the second-place woman at the Army Ten-Miler and just missed the 1:15 qualifying time for the Olympic marathon trials with a 1:16:01 half marathon in Philadelphia.