The Marine Corps Marathon has been on my bucket basically since I started running marathons. The course is really scenic because you run by the National Mall with all the monuments, plus there are good looking marines all along the course. Also I had seen their medal at an expo for another race and I knew I would have to have it. I heard that in 2012 the race sold out in under 3 hours. I realized that I had to do this race soon because eventually they will have to make it a lottery and it will be harder to get into. There is also have a 10k run along with the marathon and an informal 5k the day before the race.
