Marine runs marathon in pro-mask

Yeah, 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 with his mask on;

…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.

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.

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.

The record run landed Soles in the Guinness Book of World Records, but that’s not why he did it.

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.

Thanks to Bubblehead Ray for the link.

Category: Support the troops