Mission Accomplished

Run With Purpose, Finish With Pride

Happy birthday my dear, dear Marines. I must still love y’all loads because I ran another 26.2 miles for you and only you.

It was a different Marine Corps Marathon than in past years - they cancelled their in person somewhat last minute -but nevertheless, it was an amazing experience. Exhausting yes, I went straight from a long days work to hitting the pavement (and let’s not even get into my training regime) but at the same time exhilarating and thrilling.

It sounds corny, but the miles passed quickly as I went through my USMC memory box and pulled out mental tokens all the fine Marines I’ve known... Marines who adopted me as family and “helped to raise me” as I like to tell people jokingly, tho it’s mostly true.

Also the fine Marines we lost in August...

Anyways... I can hardly walk right now, but it feels good to feel this bad. Happy birthday.

Semper Fi and Hugs my Marines.