85: Saying Goodbye to Soldier Marathon: Talking with Race Director Cecil Cheves
Marathon & Ultra Running Podcast - With Suman Silwal - A podcast by MarathonRuns - MRuns

MR85: In this week's episode, I talked with Cecil Cheves - the race director and one of the founders of the Soldier Marathon. We talked about Cecil's running journey from being non-runner to Ironman and ultra marathoner. We also talk about the founding of Solider Marathon to last 8 years of running Soldier Marathon. In this episode, we also talked the real reason why 2017 will be last year of the Soldier Marathon that we know of. In recent day, Soldier Marathon committee has announced that they will bring Solider Half Marathon. As for the marathon, this will be the last year. Summary: In this episode, Cecil and I talk about: -Cecil's running journey from non-runner to Ironman, ultramarathoner, and race director -Start of Solider Marathon -Different aspects of organizing the Soldier Marathon -Different charities the marathon supports -The real reason why 2017 is the last year of the Soldier Marathon Soldier Marathon website: www.soldiermarathon.com Music by: bensound.com Enjoy, Share and Subscribe!