Thursday, July 23, 2015

Marine Veteran To Run 160 Miles

In Washington, Marine Corps veteran Bridget Guerrero is running 160 miles to honor fallen servicewomen.  From Runner's World:
Bridget Guerrero, 47, is no stranger to serving others. Beginning on Thursday, July 23, the Marine Corps veteran will run 160 miles to honor the 160 servicewomen who have lost their lives since September 11, 2001. Her plan is to cover 40 miles a day to finish on July 26.
Guerrero, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 13 years as well as the Department of Homeland Security, is running on behalf of Valor Run, a nonprofit organization that honors U.S. military women through running. The organization was founded by U.S. Navy Captain Nancy Lacore, a former classmate of Guerrero's, who served in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012.
According to RW, Guerrero ran her first marathon at age 15.  Like the Energizer Bunny, she keeps going and going and going.  Read the full story, and also look at the picture.  Her T-shirt says "Valor knows no gender."  Neither does this blog's "Badass" label.

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