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Flag run focuses on fun and fitness

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Douglas Hays
  • 434th ARW/Public Affairs
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. --  Flags have always been rallied around for thousands of years, and that was the case here recently.

People from around the base gathered together to take part in a special fun run designed to promote esprit de corps, unity and fitness June 13.

A total of eight people participated in the event and were divided into two groups.

"We broke the runners into two teams, with slower runners given a five-minute head start," said Zac Holmes, 434th Force Support Squadron fitness instructor and the run's coordinator. "After five minutes we sent four chasers after them."

Once a faster runner overtook a person with the flag, they would take the flag from them and carry it forward until they also were surpassed.

"The event is part of our unity series of races," Holmes said. "We want to make fitness fun and encourage participation."

The next event is scheduled for 9 a.m. July 1, and will be an "Uncle Sam fun run" with inputs along the way for additional challenges participants must complete before advancing.

For more information or to sign up, call the fitness center at 688-2000.

Grissom is the home to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, the largest KC-135 unit in the Air Force Reserve Command, Airmen and aircraft from the unit routinely deploy around the world in support of the Air Force mission and U.S. strategic objectives.

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