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So here at the Health and fitness expo

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in support of the Air Force Marathon

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where all the participants in the races

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on Saturday are here to pick up their

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packets and just see a lot of different

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vendors and other fun things related to

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the race . And so it kicks off here

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with the Health and fitness expo at the

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Wright State University Nutter Center .

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We have our 5K , our kids run , uh ,

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and then Saturday with with all the

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races we have that day and our Finish

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line festival . So it's a lot going on .

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We're much more than just a marathon ,

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and we have a lot of fun doing it .

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That we're at the first race , which is

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the 1K uh tailwind trot and also the

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5K . So it starts off a whole lot of

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events for the next two days .

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This is my first tailwind trot , but

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I've heard all about it and that people

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really look forward to it and I think

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it's because it's so family friendly .

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There is obviously tailwind who's out

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there and and leading everybody and

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it's truly a fun event .

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So I'm actually running the Air Force

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half marathon with my mom tomorrow .

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It'll be her first half marathon , so

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excited to do that with her . And while

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I was in town , I decided to jump in a

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5K as well . Community support here is

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fantastic . I mean you always see

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people coming out for the marathons ,

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but it's a Friday night right now .

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People could be doing anything and we

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had spectators lined the whole way .

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The energy was high the whole course ,

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um , so fantastic experience .

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Last year I ran the half ran along with

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my wife , and so I'm running solo this

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year to run the full , so I'm going to

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get the whole experience and been

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training pretty hard to get ready for

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that longer distance . I was hoping in

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the back of my pocket I could win it ,

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but like coming out here and actually

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doing it was amazing and um just

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knowing that you know my uncle was part

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of the Air Force and he was stationed

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here too at one point . To be on the

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grounds where him and my friends , you

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know , where , where they work , where

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they support our country , it's a good

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feeling .

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222 . This is my fifth marathon and

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this one was very unique , um ,

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starting off , the , uh , the flyover

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was pretty was pretty awesome , uh ,

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this morning , uh , the guys , uh ,

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paratrooping in before the race . That

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was pretty special . I think it was

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around 120 . We got to honor a bunch of

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uh veterans who have uh put their life

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on the line for for the country , so

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that was pretty cool as well . Just a

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very patriotic race . I loved all the

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American flags Born in the USA was

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playing out there . It was , it was

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pretty it was a pretty awesome race . I

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really enjoyed it , yeah , very

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patriotic . I hope the runners take

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with them that they're extremely proud

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of their accomplishments , whichever

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race they end up choosing to do , and

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that they walk away having gotten to

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see a little piece of the Air Force .

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So the opportunity to run across Wright

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Patterson Air Force Base , I think .

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For the service marathon and so that

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they get to take that with them and

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just the experience of what an amazing

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community this is here , the

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partnership we have with the broader

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Dayton community and the Miami Valley ,

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and they walk away having had a

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fantastic experience .