Updated at 7:08 a.m., Monday, May 21, 2007
Honolulu Marathon in Iraq organizer to be at QB Club
Advertiser Staff
U.S. Army Capt. Nicole Dunford-Powell, the guiding force behind the 2006 Honolulu Marathon in Iraq, will be speaking at the Quarterback Club today at 11:30 a.m.The event is at the Pagoda Hotel ballroom.
Dunford-Powell coordinated the 26.2-mile race inside the Sunni Triangle. She's a flight surgeon with Task Force Diamond Head, the 2nd Battalion of the 25th Aviation Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division. A field of 175 runners participated, each representing a soldier who was killed in Iraq.
Dunford-Powell also ran in the Honolulu Marathon in Afghanistan in 2004, giving her the distinction of completing two marathons in the midst of two wars.
