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Air Force marathon gearing up

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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  Headquarters Air Education and Training Command Services will field two teams and four individual runners in the Air Force Marathon, Sept. 16, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. AETC bases are requested to submit teams in each of the following categories: Men's Open Relay, Women's Open Relay and Individual. 

An AETC Services selection board will choose the base team individual in each category to represent the Command. 

Team members/individuals selected to participate in the marathon will attend in permissive TDY status. AETC Services will reimburse travel lodging expenses, provide a $5-a-day maintenance allowance, warm-up suits, running shirts and the entry fee for each team. 

Nominations must be submitted to the local fitness center director who will forward their top teams in each category to AETC by July 21. Accounting instructions will be sent to the base-level fitness center directors at a later date. Detailed information about the event is located at: http:/Iafinarathon.wpafb.af.mil/. 

For more information, call Capt. Dena Vineyard, at (210) 652-7622.