In June, 2009, a pilot friend unexpectedly passed away. He left behind a wife and three young children. Those who knew him well knew one of his greatest wishes was to be a runner and ultimately run a marathon, however, during his lifetime he never achieved that goal. So, in honor of our friend, a large group of family and friends gathered in Phoenix on January 17th to run the PF Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona 1/2 Marathon. Highlights of the race were John McCain greeting the runners from a podium as we crossed the starting line and both Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor (both Olympians for those who don't know) running in the race. I didn't get to see either Ryan Hall or Deena Kastor, but the fact I knew they were there was really
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