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The lead vehicle at MCM.\u00a0 Appropriate that the Marines use the Duck Boat.\u00a0 If only it could fly.\u00a0 Land… sea… air?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For I don’t know what year in a row, I was out with friends cheering at the Marine Corps Marathon.\u00a0 If you’re a local and haven’t done this, I highly recommend it.\u00a0 If you’re not a local, come cheer with me!\u00a0 The MCM Cheer Squad can’t be beat!\u00a0 Or cheer at a local-to-you race.\u00a0 So much fun.<\/p>\n

One thing we make a point to do is stay there for the slowest runners.\u00a0 We park ourselves just as runners come off the dreaded bridge.\u00a0 We’re usually there for most of the 10k runners (though not the super fast people) and then every single one of the marathon runners who beats the bridge.\u00a0 We also make sure that we save snacks for those runners.\u00a0 Because no one needs animal crackers or cheese balls more than runners who are gutting it out.<\/p>\n

This year, we had beer and what were essentially plastic shot glasses.\u00a0 Not good beer by any means – Natural Light and Bud Light.\u00a0 But the looks on people’s faces as they realized that there was beer to be had… it was glorious and clearly worth it.\u00a0 By the late runners, people were shocked we were giving things away.\u00a0 Which made me wonder if they had rarely seen people out handing out treats.\u00a0 The slow runners need love too, people!\u00a0 The looks on their faces makes it entirely worth it.<\/p>\n

What were the winning snacks?\u00a0 The pretzels were a huge hit, as were the cheese balls (good thinking, Liz!).\u00a0 Chocolate was always a win.\u00a0 People really wanted mini-Snickers, but I could only find a mixed bag, so there were also Milky Way bars and Twix bars.\u00a0 A close second, I’m sure.<\/p>\n

You just never know what will taste good after 20+ miles of running, I guess.<\/p>\n

Congrats to all the MCM runners, regardless of your finish time or even if you finished.\u00a0 You showed up, and that is awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For I don’t know what year in a row, I was out with friends cheering at the Marine Corps Marathon.\u00a0 If you’re a local and haven’t done this, I highly recommend it.\u00a0 If you’re not a local, come cheer with me!\u00a0 The MCM Cheer Squad can’t be beat!\u00a0 Or cheer at a local-to-you race.\u00a0 So […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nOfficial MCM Cheer Squad - Elbowglitter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I went out again to cheer at MCM. 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