BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Col. Tim Fay, 2nd Bomb Wing commander, fills out information to receive his bib number prior to the start of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. More than 150 Team Barksdale members participated in the first-ever event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - A marathon participant pins his bib number to his shirt prior to the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. Bib numbers are used for race directors to tell runners apart and simplify the task of getting a time for each of the 150 runners who participated in the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - A 2nd Force Support Squadron Airman helps a marathon participant locate her bib information prior to the start of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. More than 150 participants were given a commemorative t-shirt and medal along with their bib number prior to the start of the first-ever half marathon held by the command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - A marathon participant helps another runner attach a chip to her shoe prior to the start of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. The chips and timing devices were provided by No Limits Timing of Shreveport, La., to keep track of the times of each of the 150 marathon participants. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Team Barksdale members set their watches at the start of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. More than 150 Team Barksdale members participated in the command's first-ever event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Team Barksdale members begin the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. More than 150 Team Barksdale members participated in the commands first-ever event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Medals sit near the finish line in preparation to be handed out to Team Barksdale members participating in the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. More than 150 participants were given a commemorative t-shirt and medal along with their bib number prior to the start of the first-ever half marathon held by the command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Mark Davis sprints toward the finish line of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. Davis was the first runner to finish the half marathon out of 150 participants with a time of 1 hour, 25 minutes and 36.7 seconds. The first female finisher, Brittany Dilley, came in at 1:41:41.1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Team Barksdale members push toward the finish line of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. The first-ever marathon event held by the command was mapped at 13.1 miles through the East Reservation of base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - The winners of the Air Force Global Strike Command Striker Life Half Marathon pose together on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 28. Mark Davis and Brittany Dilley (center) won first place in the male and female categories, crossing the finish line at 1 hour, 25 minutes and 36.7 seconds and 1:41:41.1, respectively. Placing second in the male category was Chris Baird at 1:27:7.2, and third was Kenneth Rose at 1:33:49.5. The female second and third place winners were Tomi Swain at 1:47:17.4 and Melisha Thomas at 1:47:17.9, respectively. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)