Mylar blanket used by retired Army Colonel Shad Deering while running the 2013 Boston Marathon
date: label: date made
content: 2013
name: label: user
content: Deering, Shad
label: maker
content: Adidas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White and silver mylar blanket with the blue Boston Marathon logo printed on the white side of the blanket used by retired Army Colonel Shad Deering while running the 2013 Boston Marathon The pinny includes a tracking chip to ensure the runners location for safety and to deter cheating. The pinny has bible verse numbers printed in black on medical tape attached to the inside of the pinny along with the Boston marathon distance and distances ran while training in Iraq.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Col. Deering began running during his deployment in Iraq in 2008, making it to his goal of 1,000 miles. In doing so he began to prepare to run the Boston Marathon qualifying in 2010. He had to defer for medical reasons that year but was able to run in 2013. He had crossed the finish line, very dehydrated and hypothermic so the medical attendants wrapped in the mylar blanket when he heard the bombs go off. Serving in Iraq he immediately knew what was happening and as an Army doctor offered to help if possible.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: marathon
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Terrorism
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0081.04
label: accession number
content: 2021.0081
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0081.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mylar blanket, marathon
label: Object Name
content: mylar blanket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mylar (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 48 in; 182.88 cm x 121.92 cm