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| Reach back into your email inbox and pull out the confirmation email you received at completion of the MCM registration process. This email has the info necessary to download your E-confirmation card now available on the MCM website. The E-confirmation card is required to retrieve race materials at Packet Pick-up, part of the Health and Fitness Expo presented by GE on October 29-30 at the Washington Convention Center. |
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| The 35th MCM course will feature 12 water points offering cups of water courtesy of Wal Mart and Powerade with on course flavors Fruit Punch and Mixed Berry Blast. There will be three food stations featuring orange slices at mile 9.5, Jelly Belly Sport Beans at mile 12.5 and Clif Shots at mile 19. Medical stations will be located at 11 locations on the course with three in the finish area. Runners are encouraged to become familiar with the course and runner services by visiting the course section of the MCM website. |
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| This year, there will be over 700 participants in the MCM who have run five or more times with the Marines. Members of the Runners Club, who receive a guaranteed entry to the MCM for life, are being invited to promote the sport of running to the next generation of marathoners. On Saturday, October 30, the day prior to the MCM, all members of the MCM Runners Club are being called upon to Inspire A Miler at 9 a.m. in the Pentagon North parking lot, just before the start of the Healthy Kids Fun Run. With thousands of young runners watching, the Runners Club members will run a 1.5 mile, untimed course demonstrating their love of running and providing inspiration to the young runners as they prepare for their mile run. Runners Club members will receive a special bib featuring the number of the most recently achieved five year plateau. An invitation will be emailed to all Runners Club members registered for this year's MCM. |
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| The MCM Health and Fitness Expo presented by GE will be held on Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Runners will be able to pose with the Madam Tussaud's wax figure of the MCM's most famous finisher, Oprah. Other attractions include free massages from Aetna, free body scans from GE, chance to win the all-new, 100% electric LEAF from Nissan and chance to talk with experts from the Clif Pace Team in the Clif Bar booth, plus sampling, running gear, MCM souvenirs and more. |
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| The amazing MCM Finish Festival in Rosslyn presented by Verizon Wireless will offer runners post-race services including massage, UPS Baggage Pick-up, Family Link up, shuttles and Metro throughout the day on October 31. Highlights include the Brooks finisher store, USAA limited edition coin distribution, free phone calls from Verizon Wireless, HP Check Your Runner Booth, GE personal video station, Mic Ultra beer garden, Ryan Hall in the Nissan booth and Rosslyn's Restaurant Row. |
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| Race fields for the MCM10K and Healthy Kids Fun Run remain open but are filling quickly. Runners are urged to text their friends, phone their relatives and email their coworkers to sign up. The one-mile Kids Run will be held the day prior to the MCM, Saturday, October 30, in the Pentagon North parking lot. The MCM10K starts on the National Mall on the same day as the MCM, October 31, and finishes at the Marine Corps War Memorial. |
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| The MCM will "super-size" 35 extra special goodie bags, in honor of the 35th anniversary of the event. While each runner receives a goodie bag filled with cool stuff as part of Packet Pick-up at the Health and Fitness Expo presented by GE, the special Super Size Goodie Bags will be randomly distributed throughout the Expo. These bags may contain the following high value prizes including JetBlue airline tickets, Brooks shoes, Washington Wizards and Capitals tickets, $25 gift cards from Geico, Droid X from Verizon and so much more. Improve your chances of getting one of the bags by joining a friendly competition among the first runners in line at the Health & Fitness Expo ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, October 29 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Washington Convention Center. Not all prizes will be in all bags and no two bags will be the same. |
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| The MCM, long recognized as the best beginner marathon, will inaugurate over 11,000 new marathoners this year. "MCM First Timers Opening Night" will officially welcome these first-time participants to the world of marathoning on Friday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Invitations to this free event have been emailed to all first timers, who must RSVP. Space is limited so reserve a spot quickly. |
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