The Army 10-Miler route starts and ends at the Pentagon. The 25,000 runners cross the Potomac, circle the main monuments of Washington, DC, and then return across the bridge. Evelyn and her friend Karrin were finishers! They told us how, at the start, paratroopers parachuted down near the starting line, and there was lots of fanfare. Unfortunately, the weather was very hot and humid without a breeze, and the race organizers ran out of water half way through!
Miriam, Alice, Arny, Tracy, Tom, Lenny, and I watched the race from a site near the Smithsonian Metro stop. (When we got off the Metro, Miriam looked up the escalator and said "I love the city!") I'll be adding several photos as well as this one that Arny took, showing the only fully costumed runners that we saw. Sadly, we also saw several young runners with prosthetic legs, which brought home to me what a destructive war we are in, and how much we are asking young men to sacrifice.
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