Right now runners are arriving to get ready for the marathon. Were joined by news4 jim handly. Good morning, jim. Reporter adam, angie, they are up and about. We got a few stragglers already arriving at the runners village. Count on 30,000 participants here for this 39th annual Marine Corps Marathon. Im joined by the race director. Rick, come on in. Flawless event last year. What are the biggest concerns, challenges for you this year . Probably only one thing we dont control even though we have a navy chapdelaine that we impose on him because of the connections he might have is to control the weather. Absolutely gorgeous running conditions. A little windy for our jump because what we do today will have one of the biggest american flags coming in. Not only that, one of our american heroes, the marine corps has only six medal of honor recipients and one of them who received the medal of honor from the president back in june is running his first marathon well make him do his first jump in