May 2008 Tat of the Month

John Still - Mended Leg, Radford, VA

   In '06 at the age of nineteen, a youthful John Still set out to run the Marine Corps Marathon. Little did he know what would become of his endeavor - a little bit of pain and a lot of glory as the running tat of the month contest winner!
   John didn't elaborate much on the situation, but at mile thirteen of the marathon he broke his leg. Here in the back room of the CRC we discussed what may have happened on that fateful day. Did a nasty stress fracture decide to rear it's ugly head? Did John fall through a sewer grate? Perhaps an Irish priest dressed in a strange outfit jumped onto the course and pulled John down. However it's not the how that matters, it's what happened next. John limped his way to the finish under the allotted time. Naturally to help with the healing, he put a tattoo on the leg that broke on that fateful day.
   "I got the tattoo on the back of the leg I broke so that in future marathons, anyone running behind me may feel inspired," says John.
   Congrats to John on earning some fine CRC merchandise.

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