What do the Marine Corps Marathon, Air Force Marathon and Army Ten Miler all have in common? They are, of course, amazing races put on to celebrate branches of the US Military that attract tens of thousands of participants every year.
Well, there’s a new race in town for 2022, set to celebrate the youngest of all military branches: the Space Force. The aptly named Space Force T-Minus 10-Miler is set to take place this December 10th at historic Cape Canaveral, and we’re going to be hearing all about it from the event’s own race director Brandon Hough in today’s star-spangled bonus episode.
So get ready for some military race history, rockets, alligators, more rockets, and some very interesting insights into working as a race director within the US government.
In this episode:
- Military races: how it all begun with the Marine Corps Marathon
- NAFIs and the legal structure of military races
- The challenges of putting on a race inside the US government/military
- The birth and mission of the US Space Force
- Conceiving and launching the Space Force T-Minus 10-Miler
- Mapping out a race course around historic Cape Canaveral
- What to expect from the inaugural race (hint: more than rockets and alligators, although there's definitely plenty of those!)
- The Sea, Air & Space Challenge
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