On the way home the other day, a spotted a police car slowly driving down Route 52 towards my home in Beacon...and when they waved me around them, I realized it was a relay with runners sitting in the back of he vehicle as they switched at different intervals.

A google search explained why Worchester officers were running in New York. 

Five years ago one of their colleagues was killed and in his honor. they run from Massachusetts to Washington DC where the National Police Memorial is located. The 460 miles is run by fellow officers in honor of Worchester Police Officer Manny Familia died five years ago when he went into a pond to save teens from drowning.