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Marine Corps Marathon - October 26, 2014

First-place female finisher Meghan Curran, left, from Moorestown, N.J., and first-place male finisher Samuel Kosgei, from Junction City, Kan., after the running of the 39th Marine Corps Marathon, in Arlington, Va., Oct. 26, 2014.

Runners head west on Independence Avenue in Washington Sunday as they near the 19-mile mark of the Marine Corps Marathon. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.

Marines hand out Jelly Belly Sports Beans near the mile 19 mark of the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in Washington, D.C.

Teens wearing cow-horn hats and ringing cow bells cheer on runners in the Marine Corps Marathon along Independence Avenue Sunday.

Teens wearing cow-horn hats and ringing cow bells cheer on runners in the Marine Corps Marathon along Independence Avenue Sunday.

Spectators lined the course along Independence Avenue to cheer on runners participating in the 39th Marine Corps Marathon Sunday in Washington, D.C.

A local band plays for runners participating in the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday. Several runners, nearing mile 19 on Independence Avenue, stopped to dance as the band played.