Hernandez posts best time for base's marathon runners

Published Sept. 29, 2010
By Susan Griggs
81st Training Wing Public Affiars

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Guillermo Hernandez, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, posted the fastest time of Keesler runners at the 2010 Air Force Marathon, Sept. 18 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

His time didn't show up on a website search because his first name was misspelled.

His clock time was 3:37:25 and chip time was 3:34:08, putting him 203rd of 2,417 runners, 180th of the 1,714 male runners and 14th of 133 in his age division.

"He has a shattered knee from a car accident a couple years ago and has pins in it," said Zsuzsanna Krokovay, another marathon finisher from the 81st MDOS. "Around Mile 23, his knee popped and he knew he had to stop for a while to prevent severe injury. When I was finishing the race, an hour after he was done, he was there cheering me on and telling me that the finish line was right around the corner.

"He's an amazingly fast long-distance runner," she added. "During training, he would run to Ocean Springs from Keesler and back like it was nothing."

Hernandez posts best time for base’s marathon runners