http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0420patsrun0420.htmlMore than 15,000 participated in the run and walk, which is a record, and 1,200 more in the Kids Run. That number could increase significantly, because many more signed up on site. They were joined by 800 volunteers and about 2,000 others who also chipped in.
In the fourth annual Pat's Run, 15,000 runners and walkers traveled a 4.2-mile course that ended at the 42-yard line at Sun Devil Stadium. There was also a .42-mile kid race that ended at the 42-yard line.
The tradition of using 42 as a starting and ending mark is in celebration of Pat Tillman's football-jersey number, both in high school and as a Sun Devil.
Tillman, a former ASU football player, gave up a career in the NFL to become a U.S. Army Ranger. Tillman was killed by friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan in 2004.
Race director Perry Edinger said that the event has grown during the last four years from 5,500 runners in the first year to the 15,000-crowd that participated Saturday.
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2008/04/21/news/704862Soldiers honor Tillman with their own Pat's Run
It's 11 1/2 hours ahead in the world's time zones and 7,500 miles away. There are, at most, a dozen expected participants, none of whom are from Arizona or have ever met Pat Tillman. The closest they came was a visit to his USO building at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, where they could call home on digital phone lines.
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