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ALI BASE, Iraq -- For the second time the Boston Marathon came to Iraq and more than 250 men and women ran either individually or part of four-person teams. One of those running was Air Force Capt. Casey Jackson, with the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron. Captain Jackson, who is deployed here from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is an avid runner with three international marathons under his belt. The 5-foot-7-inch, 140-pound man placed first among all Air Force members and second place in the individual race with a time of 3 hours, 2 minutes, 17 seconds. He finished behind Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matt Simms, who had a time of 2:53:35 and is based at Camp Slayer in Baghdad.
In Boston the high temperature is expected to reach 58 degrees on the day of the marathon (April 17). At the start of the marathon here the low was near 70 with temperatures reaching nearly 95 by the time some of the runners finished.
The 2000 graduate of Western Oregon University said he was doing fine until the 23rd mile. After that he said, “It was hell.” “The wind was a little bit stronger than expected,” Captain Jackson said, who ran this race five minutes faster than his personal best. “The tailwind made it hotter. It was easy to glide and keep a fast pace but it was hotter.”
The captain maintained almost a 6:57 pace throughout the race, and that included stopping to go the bathroom.
“It’s so hard to be patient out there because it is such a long race and you want to get it finished,” he said. The 26.2 mile course took runners winding around Ali Base and LSA Adder roads including to the Ziggurat of Ur, a 4,000-year-old temple in the ancient city of Ur where the Prophet Abraham was born. The last mile took runners alongside the runway to make the turn to the finish line. Preparation is the key to running a marathon, said Captain Jackson who has been running for 17 years and running marathons for six years.
“I try to come up with a well thought out training plan and figure out the time I can implement it around my busy schedule,” the captain said. “Do your research first and have a training plan that you can adhere to for more than three months. If you know someone who has ran a marathon, then it is good to talk with them about their experiences in order to get an idea of what you can expect.
“I try to run almost every day, but that doesn’t always happen,” he said. “A typical training day is about eight to 10 miles. My long run days are anywhere from 14 to 18 miles.” Not only is training really important but so is diet. “I eat a ton of bananas along with plenty of carbs, protein and drink lots of water,” Captain Jackson said. “On race day, I choke down more bananas, a couple of power bars, and gel right before and during the race.”
Running that distance takes its toll on a body.
“I’ll probably pass out for a couple of hours in my tent before I can rally and make it over to the chow hall to eat whatever is in sight. The race depletes your body of almost everything and walking is a slight challenge for the next couple of days.” “The greatest challenge is always mental,” Captain Jackson said. “You feel pain which makes you want to quit. In this case, the biggest challenge in the desert would have to be the heat.” “If feels good to (do well in) any event, but this race is special and unique just because of where we are located and why we are here,” Captain Jackson said. “I feel very fortunate to be running near a place with as much history as Ur while in a combat zone.”
Top 3 Male
Rank
Overall Group Time Pace FName LName Age
1 1 2:52:05 6:34 Matthew Sims 37
2 2 3:02:17 6:57 Casey Jackson 29
3 3 3:07:27 7:09 John Ruibal 42
Top 3 Female
Rank
Overall Group Time Pace FName LName Age
8 1 3:36:11 8:15 Carrie Peterson 29
20 2 4:01:40 9:13 Heather Simas 36
22 3 4:03:48 9:18 Kimberly Riggs 30
Male Results
Overall Group Time Pace FName LName Age
55 1 4:33:45 10:27 Robert Halmes
101 2 5:21:55 12:17 Joel Workman
29 Under
9 1 3:38:12 8:20 Nathan Rayle 21
15 2 3:46:01 8:38 Matthew Mckenna 23
19 3 3:57:54 9:05 Robert Dill 21
24 4 4:04:23 9:20 Shane Kittle 25
28 5 4:14:12 9:42 Douglas Hogan 28
30 6 4:18:37 9:52 Robert Schlote 21
37 7 4:23:44 10:04 Evan McNamara 29
38 8 4:24:08 10:05 Jerrid Floyd 29
38 9 4:24:08 10:05 Seth Allen 29
40 10 4:24:44 10:06 Brad Johnson 29
45 11 4:26:25 10:10 Robert Guess 27
46 12 4:26:53 10:11 Patrick O'Brien 20
47 13 4:27:11 10:12 Jordan Reber 24
48 14 4:29:12 10:16 Jose Maldonado 27
49 15 4:29:58 10:18 Prabhiot Sandhu 24
53 16 4:30:48 10:20 Larry Sikuka 29
54 17 4:33:43 10:27 Jeremy Schuyler 29
57 18 4:36:02 10:32 Sean Tucker 22
60 19 4:38:47 10:38 Chris Mandarino 29
67 20 4:43:48 10:50 Cory Engle 20
70 21 4:46:00 10:55 Tyrone Manegdeg 26
78 22 4:54:40 11:15 Matthew Sissel 25
80 23 4:56:12 11:18 John McRae 27
81 24 4:56:39 11:19 Edward Bryan 21
85 25 5:04:25 11:37 Neil Young 21
86 26 5:04:26 11:37 Larry Williams 23
87 27 5:04:52 11:38 Jesse Kane 26
94 28 5:18:45 12:10 Gideon Stibor 23
95 29 5:19:05 12:11 Brian Shintaku 23
100 30 5:21:08 12:15 Osbaldo Valles 24
103 31 5:22:50 12:19 Jacob Naylor 27
104 32 5:23:07 12:20 ChristophOlson 21
106 33 5:35:21 12:48 Gary DeWitt 29
107 34 5:39:00 12:56 Jonathan Guerin 22
113 35 5:46:37 13:14 Marshall Thompson 27
115 36 5:50:17 13:22 Dale Fater 27
117 37 5:55:17 13:34 Steven Terry 27
118 38 5:57:55 13:40 Jacob Strickland 21
121 39 5:57:58 13:40 Riley Ras 20
30-39
4 1 3:12:34 7:21 Giuseppe Cirelli 36
6 2 3:25:28 7:51 Derek Cooper 37
7 3 3:32:37 8:07 Martin Lucenti 36
9 4 3:38:12 8:20 Denny Hart 35
13 5 3:44:41 8:35 Ramon Colon 33
14 6 3:45:04 8:35 Neal Loidolt 39
16 7 3:48:57 8:44 Andrew Corrow 39
18 8 3:55:05 8:58 Jason Conrad 38
22 9 4:03:48 9:18 Assad Samad 32
26 10 4:08:08 9:28 Jonathan Wright 35
27 11 4:08:47 9:30 Gennaro Burlatto 35
41 12 4:24:53 10:07 Predrag Viskovic 38
43 13 4:25:46 10:09 Roberto Moreno 31
44 14 4:25:54 10:09 Paul Hester 38
50 15 4:30:13 10:19 Kevin Gillespie 33
52 16 4:30:35 10:20 James Sweat 39
58 17 4:37:26 10:35 richard Bamonte 31
62 18 4:39:19 10:40 Blazenko Puskar 35
63 19 4:41:04 10:44 William Hampshire 37
64 20 4:42:46 10:48 Thomas Lippert 39
72 21 4:47:27 10:58 ChristianJenni 35
79 22 4:55:48 11:17 Stephen Voss 35
82 23 5:00:27 11:28 Eric Horton 35
83 24 5:01:03 11:29 Thomas Smith 36
84 25 5:02:37 11:33 Kenneth Flores 34
88 26 5:08:28 11:46 Matthew Perry 32
90 27 5:14:18 11:60 Roberto Zama 36
91 28 5:15:02 12:01 Robert Venton 32
93 29 5:18:16 12:9 Davy Weaver 37
96 30 5:19:44 12:12 Mark Denton 34
96 31 5:19:44 12:12 David Chandler 35
102 32 5:22:46 12:19 William Burnett 38
105 33 5:29:43 12:35 Randy Eppley 39
108 34 5:39:15 12:57 Mark Kassum 32
110 35 5:40:21 12:59 John Gavigan 34
111 36 5:40:55 13:01 Aaron Whittington 33
119 37 5:57:57 13:40 Rob Dent 35
119 38 5:57:57 13:40 James Grier 37
40-49
5 1 3:13:47 7:24 Brad Owen 41
11 2 3:42:20 8:29 Scott Lubag 41
12 3 3:43:58 8:33 Matthew Anderson 45
17 4 3:52:37 8:53 Nelson Johnson 40
21 5 4:03:33 9:18 Jeff Camp 41
25 6 4:07:52 9:28 David Vreeland 45
33 7 4:19:37 9:55 Steven Drennan 47
34 8 4:20:05 9:56 Tim Hodge 49
36 9 4:23:08 10:03 FredericoProcacci 47
56 10 4:34:10 10:28 Jeffrey Yarvis 40
65 11 4:43:36 10:49 James Cook 45
67 12 4:43:48 10:50 Filippo De Fazio 40
69 13 4:44:25 10:51 AlessadroMilanesi 41
73 14 4:48:44 11:01 Kevin Mulalley 42
73 15 4:48:44 11:01 Anthony Wilcher 44
77 16 4:53:11 11:11 Romeo Montez 40
89 17 5:09:06 11:48 Brad Springer 47
92 18 5:16:01 12:04 Carl Phillips 44
114 19 5:48:31 13:18 Timothy Lamb 47
116 20 5:52:06 13:26 dianna Roberson 40
124 21 6:19:35 14:29 Ricky Adams 46
50 Over
29 1 4:18:17 9:51 Antonio Rusciano 54
Female Results
29 Under
31 1 4:19:07 9:53 Josielyn Carrasquill 29
31 2 4:19:07 9:53 Kimberly Soer 23
42 3 4:25:16 10:07 Lyndsey Hodgekins 25
51 4 4:30:25 10:19 Angela George 26
61 5 4:38:58 10:39 Ann MarieBielefeld 26
71 6 4:47:06 10:57 Traci Varrasso 27
75 7 4:49:21 11:03 Edna Cureton 26
96 8 5:19:44 12:12 Monica Robelley 27
96 9 5:19:44 12:12 Kristin Nelson 23
108 10 5:39:15 12:57 Tambra Puro 21
112 11 5:42:24 13:04 Apryl Watroba 27
122 12 6:08:05 14:03 Michelle Valdez 28
123 13 6:15:30 14:20 Shane Chandler 28
125 14 6:28:04 14:49 Gloria Hernandez 25
30-39
35 1 4:21:39 9:59 Heidi Mon 35
59 2 4:38:40 10:38 Jeana Johnson 38
66 3 4:43:47 10:50 Dianne Pannes 37
40-49
76 1 4:52:20 11:09 Liz Borelli 43
FOR THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, please contact Jack Fleming 617-694-8218) or fleming@baa.org
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