Master Sgt. Matthew Mancuso didn’t actually plan to run his fourth Boston Marathon this April, but events had a funny way of transpiring over the past 10 months, which proved fortunate for the Space Innovation and Development Center sergeant. He ended up beating his personal best time at the marathon by 17 minutes and personal best marathon time ever by more than two minutes.
“I originally was planning to run a 50-mile ultra marathon in Maryland the week before Thanksgiving,” Sergeant Mancuso said. “I had some friends drop out, however, and then my wife and I decided the trip was going to be too expensive.”
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