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Dec.14.2020
MCM Reveals 2021 Event Schedule
The Marine Corps Marathon Organization (MCMO) has unveiled the 2021 event schedule. With the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing still in effect, live events that draw large crowds remain paused for now, which means all MCMO events will be scheduled as virtual endeavors, unless otherwise noted. Runners must first be registered for a virtual event […]
Nov.17.2020
Michelle Craft – Running for My Dad
In 2019, Michelle Craft and her father Marine Major Bret Schomaker (Ret.) decided to run the 2020 Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) together. “We started to game plan how to join the 2020 MCM, either gamble with the lottery or join the Semper Fi Team,” said Craft. “We never came to an agreement before my dad […]
Nov.16.2020
Turkey Trot 10K and Miler Will Now Be Virtual Only Events
In compliance with new guidelines directed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia about gatherings, the Marine Corps Marathon Organization (MCMO) will no longer host a live version of the Turkey Trot 10K and Mile aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. The event originally had been planned as both, a live version, to be held […]
Nov.12.2020
Brotherhood and Charity: Two Worlds Collide for MCM Runner
For Col Eric Garvin, USAF (Ret.), running his first marathon during this year’s virtual Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) weekend was the perfect representation of his two worlds colliding. Garvin, the Executive Director of Cross World Africa (CWA), a non-profit charity that helps disenfranchised Kenyans break the cycle of poverty, teamed up with his Air Force […]
Nov.10.2020
2020 Oscar Mike Award Recipient: Howard Thomas
Howard Thomas started running while he was on active duty in the United States Navy, then stopped when he separated in 1995. It wasn’t until 2012, when he decided to participate in a local 5K that he started running again. A year later, Thomas participated in a non-directed kidney donation, which eventually saved the life […]
Nov.05.2020
Three Arlington County Public Schools Earn Healthy School Award
Earlier this fall, the Marine Corps Marathon Organization (MCMO) and long-time Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) sponsor Sodexo presented three Arlington County Public Schools with the 2019 Healthy School Awards, after months of delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, Claremont Immersion, Taylor Elementary and Alice West Fleet Elementary Schools registered a combined 587 students […]
Oct.27.2020
Dustin Biggerstaff – Running for Self, Family and Those Who Can’t
For Marine Sgt Dustin Biggerstaff, he’s been running his entire life. “From what my family has told me, I didn’t crawl for long before I was walking and once I got rid of the baby deer legs, I was off running,” said 34-year-old Biggerstaff. Biggerstaff was playing soccer by the age of 5 and running […]
Oct.23.2020
Marine Corps Base Quantico Access Procedures
In accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) policy, all runners, volunteers, spectators and sponsors requiring access to the base for the MCM Event Series must have an approved ID or Common Access Card (CAC) & TESLIN (active, retiree, dependent, reserve, individual ready reserve) or be registered into the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS), prior to […]
Oct.21.2020
Operation Desert Storm 30th Anniversary Marked with Virtual 218-Miler
After the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the United Nations (UN) Security Council demanded withdrawal by January 15, 1991. Otherwise, Member States would be authorized to ‘use all necessary means’ to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. On January 16, 1991 when the deadline passed with no action from Iraq, President George H. W. Bush […]
Oct.19.2020
Michelle Kinsella – On Running to Honor her Father
In 2010, Michelle Kinsella ran her first marathon in honor of her Marine dad Sgt Bob Poulin, and she hasn’t stopped running since. Kinsella watched her father, a Vietnam Veteran, suffer through the pain of post-traumatic stress disorder for more than 40 years before seeking the help of a counselor. She was scared when her […]