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Orange County Marathon Returns After 2-Year Hiatus

Orange County Marathon Returns After 2-Year Hiatus
Runners push past mile 25 in the 2022 Orange County Marathon portion of Costa Mesa, Calif., on May 1, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
John Fredricks
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Lynn Hackman
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—The Orange County Marathon returned over the weekend for the first time since 2020 due to the pandemic.

Volunteers, politicians, first responders, and some 8,000 runners gathered May 1 at 5:15 a.m. at the race’s starting point at Newport Beach’s Fashion Island showing a range of emotions: from excited and energetic to those stretching with seriousness.

John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.
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