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Across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, servicemembers were making a run for it.  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. 18.

Officials at Sather Air Base and Joint Base Balad in Iraq, Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and an air base at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia held their competitions Sept. 5 to 13. While race officials at Bagram and Balad offered only the 13.1 mile half-marathon, officials at the remaining two bases allowed participants to choose between a 10K or the half-marathon.
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