62-year-old George Hood, who served as an officer in the Marine Corps, set the record for “longest time in an abdominal plank position (male)” with a time of 8 hours, 15 minutes, 15 seconds. Hood has 16 official attempts related to stationary cycling and planking with 13 world records.
The popular run, which coincides with the Marine Corps Marathon, was temporarily moved so that runners could avoid the chaos that came with the Metro track work last year.
Service members serving on active duty or in the Reserve can now obtain, at a discounted price, early registration access for the 42nd Marine Corps Marathon.
Starting Jan. 1, Marines will be able to take the Physical Fitness Test and Combat Fitness Test more than once in order to improve their scores, a Marine official said Friday. That means Marines will be able to take the tests again if they think they can do better.