

“What we learned from the 5K was that there was massive interest for people to run on Cape Canaveral,” said Koch. “This was the Mission Dress Rehearsal 5K held on Dec. “First, with the crawl approach, we hosted a 5K run on CCSFS to test our capabilities and potential interest for the 10-Miler,” said Koch. “In March 2021, the steering committee, comprised of 16 individual organizations within SLD 45 reached out to the Air Force Marathon office to seek their advice on how to plan and host the 10-Miler.”Īfter speaking with the Air Force Marathon office, the steering committee decided to organize the event using a crawl, walk, run strategy.


Mary Koch, 45th Healthcare Operations Squadron, diagnostics and therapeutics flight commander. “This event has been in the works for two years, since December of 2020,” said U.S. The 10-miler, which celebrates the USSF's birthday, aims to be on par with events held by sister services: Army Ten-Miler, Marine Corps Marathon, Navy 10 Nautical Miler, Air Force Marathon, and Coast Guard Marathon. Participants from across the globe got to celebrate the USSF’s birthday while admiring CCSFS’s rich history from up close and afar. 10, 2022 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Fla. Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) hosted the United States Space Force (USSF) inaugural T-Minus 10-Miler, Dec.
