Daniel Glenn wrote -

EOD Technicians are those people who put themselves in between soldiers/civilians and the bomb, in whatever form it comes.

EOD soldiers are also some of the toughest and smartest folks around, and we are going to honor them in one of the absolutely dumbest ways imaginable - by "running" a half marathon in a bomb suit. Why? Because we relish challenge, and it's totally a gimmick to get people to give money to wounded warriors who CONTINUE TO COME HOME from a Global War on Terrorism.