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By Spc. Ryan Elliott
14th Public Affairs Detachment
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER - Shoulder to shoulder, service members and civilians from across Contingency Operating Base Speicher crowded the starting line in anticipation of the opening whistle, as they took part in the annual COB Speicher Army Ten Miler, Oct. 4, 2008.
"All the competitors here today are highly motivated," said Staff Sgt. Patrick Goodman, the event coordinator. "They all came in here at zero six this morning bouncing around and smiling, just waiting to get out there and run," Goodman said with excitement.
For many of the COB Speicher Ten Miler competitors this year's race was not there first time competing.
"I ran the Army Ten miler last year," said Spc. John Bentely, of 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division, "And I've been training a lot sense the last race so I can improve my performance this year."
The ten mile course, which started in the parking lot of the main gym on COB Speicher, wove a ten mile path down hell on wheels on to North Road to the turnaround point and back.
The race covered varying terrain, from hard ball surface to a soft granule soil, each terrain posing a different challenge to the competitors.
The competition was broken into different age categories, ranging from eighteen to fifty-plus.
We have got people in the fifty-plus category out there on the course right now, running and competing, I think that says something very inspiring about these competitors, said Goodman.
Coming in first place overall was Air Force Capt. Marty Conrad, of Task Force Troy, with the time of one hour two minutes and forty three seconds.
"I've been running for a long time. I just went out there and did the best I could," Conrad went onto say.
The top three competitors of each age category received prizes along with the prestige of knowing there are among the fittest and the fastest Task force Iron has to offer.
| Date Taken: | 10.04.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 10.05.2008 09:15 |
| Story ID: | 24535 |
| Location: | TIKRIT, IQ |
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