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From YouTube: Here/now: We're All Arlington: Michael Wardian
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A segment of our magazine show, "Here/now", "We're All Arlington" features short biographies of Arlington residents, highlighting our county's amazing diversity. This episode's subject is Michael Wardian, the 2008 U.S. 50k, 100k, and 50 Mile Trail Champion and U.S. ATF Ultra Runner of the Year.
A
You
know
every
year
when
the
marine
corps
marathon
comes
around
I
always
find
myself
asking
the
same
question:
why
do
they
do
it
well,
for
this
month's
we're
all
Arlington
will
meet
a
man.
Who's
got
the
answer.
His
name
is
Michael
Ward
Ian
and
he's
fast
becoming
one
of
the
finest
long-distance
runners
in
the
world.
B
You
can
be
in
the
same
race
as
the
best
people
in
the
world,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
really
about
you
and
your
journey
and
and
how
you
handle
the
circumstances
of
that
day
and
that's
the
great
thing
about
running
it's
so
individual.
It's
a
fantastic
sport
and
really
get
to
to
see
what
you're
made
of
each
time
you
go
out
there
and
toe
the
line.
B
I've
run
over
a
hundred
marathon
since
my
first
marathon
in
1996
at
Marine
Corps,
and
it's
kind
of
been
an
evolution
in
that
I
I
really
wanted
to
see.
If
I
could
do
it,
someone
told
me
there's
no
way
that
you
could
run
three
marathons
in
a
month
and
just
so
I
SPECT
well
I
guess
maybe
maybe
some
people
can't,
but
maybe
I
can
and
so
I
ran
the
Chicago
Marathon,
the
marine
corps
marathon
in
the
New
York
City
Marathon,
all
in
the
same
year,
in
1997
and
then
I
figured
while
I
was
at
it.
B
I
might
as
well.
Try
a
50
miler.
So
I
tried
the
JFK
50
mile
race,
two
weeks
after
New,
York,
City
and
and
I
was
just
like
I
just
want
to
keep
doing
this
as
much
as
I
can.
This
is
just
an
incredible
feeling
for
me.
It's
it's
been
a
fantastic
way
to
express
myself
and
to
be
able
to
visit
a
lot
of
places
that
I
might
have
never
been
before.
I
ran
in
one
the
Himalayan
hundred-mile
stage
race,
which
was
in
part
of
India,
called
Darjeeling,
pretty
mountainous
area.
B
Quite
a
few
ultramarathons
I
was
the
2008
50k
100k
and
50-mile
trail
champion
last
year
and
I
was
also
named
usatf
ultra
runner
of
the
later
this
year,
I
have
the
50k
world
championships
and
I'm
representing
the
US,
and
this
will
be
my
third
team
USA
event
and
it's
a
huge
honor.
This
is
kind
of
what
has
been
inspiring
me.
A
long
time
to
be
able
to
wear
the
u.s.
B
a
single
it
across
my
chest,
Arlington
community
is
terrific
and
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
support
and
I
even
see
people
when
I'm
out
on
the
bike,
trails
and
they'll
see
me
pushing
the
jog,
stroller
and
they'll
say
yeah
world
record
holder.
Oh
you
know
we
we
followed
along
the
entire
time.
You
were
in
Africa
and
I'm
like
how
do
these
people
know?
But
you
know
it
is.
B
It's
always
nice
to
have
other
people
to
Train
one
and
that
are
willing
to
get
up
early
and
get
their
workouts
in
I
feel
like
people
from
Arlington
really
are
sticking
together
and
looking
out
for
each
other
I'm,
so
proud
of
my
wife,
Jennifer
she's,
really
taken
it
and
she's
done
a
couple
of
five
kids
this
year.
I
can't
wait
until
we
can
all
run
together
like
a
big
pack
of
four
ward
Ian's,
all
putting
on
our
chips
and
our
kids.
B
Man
I'm
excited
about
that
day
and
I've
seen
some
guys
do
that
with
their
their
sons
and
daughters
and
I
just
think
wow.
That's
that's
gonna,
be
awesome.
I
see
guys
at
50
mile
races
and
I'm
mad
that
are
in
their
70s
and
guys
out
there
that
you
see
that
are
still
like
aiding
in
you
know,
doing
24
hour,
races
and,
and
those
are
the
type
of
people
I
want
to
be.