Marine Corps Marathon - October 26, 2014
![First-place female finisher Meghan Curran, left, from Moorestown, N.J., and first-place male finisher Samuel Kosgei, from Junction City, Kan., after the running of the 39th Marine Corps Marathon, in Arlington, Va., Oct. 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/020A650A-DC48-484B-8E2F-D01E47FABABE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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First-place female finisher Meghan Curran, left, from Moorestown, N.J., and first-place male finisher Samuel Kosgei, from Junction City, Kan., after the running of the 39th Marine Corps Marathon, in Arlington, Va., Oct. 26, 2014.
![Runners head west on Independence Avenue in Washington Sunday as they near the 19-mile mark of the Marine Corps Marathon. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.](https://gdb.voanews.com/56949DD8-054A-49BA-B69F-42D80D93D938_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Runners head west on Independence Avenue in Washington Sunday as they near the 19-mile mark of the Marine Corps Marathon. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.
![Marines hand out Jelly Belly Sports Beans near the mile 19 mark of the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/792EE160-419E-44C9-9D28-F5C01D00552C_cx0_cy13_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Marines hand out Jelly Belly Sports Beans near the mile 19 mark of the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in Washington, D.C.
![Teens wearing cow-horn hats and ringing cow bells cheer on runners in the Marine Corps Marathon along Independence Avenue Sunday.](https://gdb.voanews.com/44C39A2F-37EC-490E-AE61-E6072DB8BD1A_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Teens wearing cow-horn hats and ringing cow bells cheer on runners in the Marine Corps Marathon along Independence Avenue Sunday.