Bismarck Woman Honors Fallen Officers At Fargo Marathon

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 Thousands of runners from all over the world set foot in Fargo to take part in one of the biggest marathons in the region.

This year, the area’s three major college campuses were part of the route.
 
A roar of footsteps echoed through the Fargodome as thousands of runners started the 26 mile journey for the 11th Annual Fargo Marathon.

The race trails through both Fargo and Moorhead.
 
“Fantastic, beautiful course, prefect weather, great crowd support. You couldn’t ask for better,” said Jason Medders of Fargo.
 
Kathleen Wrigley is running this race for her brother Daniel Boyle.
He was a police officer in Philadelphia and was killed in the line of duty in 1991.
 
“Everything I do, race wise and a lot of things I do in life are to honor him and to live life full enough for both of us,” said Wrigley.
 
She recently ran the Boston Marathon and decided that along with her brother, she would also run for other slain officers.

She made a custom shirt with names of those fallen in the line of duty.
 
“I just thought you know what; I am going to take this opportunity and honor everyone from both my childhood hometown, and North Dakota, my adult hometown,” said Wrigley.
 
This is Ryan Olson’s first marathon ever.
 
“I’m pretty excited and I’m pretty nervous. How come nervous? Because it’s 26 miles, I’m excited because I think I’m going to do well. I’ve trained hard and it’s a lot of people and I love competing,” said Olson.
 
One of the main highlights this year was the trek through the three major campuses in our area and students couldn’t be more excited.
 
“I mean, I’m pretty excited about this. There’s so much dragon pride, yeah. I mean look at all these runners,” said MSUM Student Ceanna Egan.
 
“I thought it’s just amazing like the whole scale of the race and like, what it brings to the community and everything. It’s really awesome I think,” said NDSU Student Kevin Thompson.
 
Olson says it was a great race.
 
“I feel like it was a battle against myself. Yeah I won,” said Olson.
 
It’s a race that some people say can test you.
 
“Running a marathon is such a great example of really what life is about, you kind of hit some rough spots during a race, during a long distance race but you keep going,” said Wrigley.
 
Wrigley finished the marathon in four and a half hours.