Six days after the Sather event, on Sept. 'Running can get monotonous so it's fun to get out with people and compete in events like this.' 'I appreciate everyone that puts these races on while deployed,' he said. 'I think I had cotton mouth after the third step,' Lieutenant junior grade King said.ĭespite the shaky start, Lieutenant junior grade King enjoyed himself. 'Some of the dirt roads had hidden obstacles that weren't that visible when the race began.' The arid Iraqi climate didn't help either. ' started out in the dark so the little arrow markers were difficult to see,' Lieutenant junior grade King said.

Besides his injury, there were other challenges during the run. 'I'm coming off of a injury and just wanted to see how I felt before getting back into racing,' Lieutenant King said. Saulomon King, who won the 10K with a time of 43:48. 5, where more than 300 participants turned out to run. Sather Air Base, Iraq, was the first to hold its marathon and 10K, Sept. While Bagram and Balad offered only the 13.1 mile half-marathon, the remaining two bases allowed participants to choose between a 10K or the half-marathon. Sather Air Base and Joint Base Balad in Iraq, Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia held their competitions Sept. Central Command area of responsibility, servicemembers were making a run for it as more than 2,000 participants from four Southwest Asia bases took part in their separate half-marathons and 10Ks, aligning their runs to coincide with the Air Force's annual flagship marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, scheduled for Sept.

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