{"id":21150,"date":"2010-11-12T08:34:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T12:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21150"},"modified":"2010-11-12T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T13:59:03","slug":"marine-runs-marathon-in-pro-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21150","title":{"rendered":"Marine runs marathon in pro-mask"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYeah, I’ve been in a few marathons, and without a protective (gas mask for you civvies) mask was hard enough. Here’s the story of one Marine who ran 26 miles last weekend<\/a> with his mask on;<\/p>\n

…when Soles met Cpl. John Peck at Walter Reed Army Medical Center last month, the 33-year-old Marine had all the inspiration he needed for this year’s challenge. <\/p>\n

Peck, 24, had lost his arms and legs to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in May. But when he met with Soles, his attitude was buoyant, and Soles decided he’d run the 26.2-mile Marine Corps Marathon in his honor.<\/p>\n

And he’d do it while wearing a gas mask. The difficulty, he said, served as a symbol of the suffering endured by Peck and hundreds of thousands of other veterans whose lives were forever altered by the trauma of war.<\/p>\n

The record run landed Soles in the Guinness Book of World Records, but that’s not why he did it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It took Soles more than 4 hours to complete the marathon with his pro-mask – it’s hard enough to lay in your fighting position for four hours let alone run 26 miles. That’s one studly dude. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Bubblehead Ray for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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