50 Miles For Murph 10 Year Anniversary 2022 by Gregory Waxman

2022 will be the TENTH "50 Miles for Murph" - a 50 mile run in honor of Navy SEAL LT. Michael Murphy, his teammates and those who passed away during Operation Red Wings on June 28th, 2005. In past years we have made the run from El Barrios Bravest Fire Department in Spanish Harlem, Manhattan out to Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island. After 12 hours, we reached our destination just in time to begin the 4 mile Run Around the Lake which was being held in Murph’s honor. Recently we modified our run to take place entirely with Suffolk County, Long Island.

For those unfamiliar with Murph and Operation Red Wings, I’ll try to give you a small insight to these men. After being compromised during a reconnaissance mission in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, the four man SEAL team consisting of Michael Murphy, Marcus Luttrell, Matthew Axelson and Danny Dietz, were in a heavily outnumbered firefight with the enemy having the high ground as well as the right and left flanks. Due to the terrain, their radio was unable to establish communication back at the base. After trying to reestablish their position by taking several dangerous leaps off the side of the mountain, their wounds started to get the best of these warriors. Murph decided to break from cover and go out into the open to try and receive a signal on his satellite phone in order to call for support and immediate extract for his men. Despite taking a round that caused him to drop the phone, Murph picked it back up and completed the call to get aid for his men, ending the call with “Thank you, sir.” Murph would eventually succumb to his wounds but due to his actions and giving their location, the remains of his men would later be found and would give a directional point on the search for Marcus Luttrell. Danny, as tough as he was, was always bringing up the rear and trying to establish comms during the fight. Axe continued to draw fire to try and draw the enemy away from Marcus’ location. His remains were eventually found with his pistol emptied and the slide locked back, showing he fought to the very end.

These are the men who we are running for, who we are honoring. It is rare that someone would lay down their life for another and these men were willing to do that without hesitation. More people need to know about them and their sacrifice. This is why we are running in their honor.

What we will be doing doesn’t come close in comparison to what these men went through. Their memories and the small stories we’ve read and heard about these men will keep us moving forward throughout the night. We will be once again escorted by several local fire and police departments, including the Suffolk County PD.

We will begin the run on Friday, June 24th at approximately 8:00pm at Calverton National Cemetery and plan to run to the starting line of the half marathon taking place this year, back at the lake in Ronkonkoma this year in Murph’s honor, by Saturday morning at 7:00am.

We appreciate any and all support during this mission of ours. Our donation page is live and would really be humbled by any donation. All proceeds will be going to the LT Michael Murphy Scholarship Foundation.

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