During LAPD officer's 100-mile run for fallen heroes, he learned of the death of one more

Of course Joe Cirrito was tired, but there was no turning back.

"One foot in front of the other," he told himself as he dressed the morning of Saturday, March 10, in full tactical gear and resumed his 100-mile run from an empty field south of Bakersfield - where onions once grew - to Los Angeles.

A senior lead officer with the Los Angeles Police Department's Olympic Division, Cirrito had put in 18 hours the day before, covering almost half the distance.

After six hours of sleep, some soup and oatmeal, he felt as though he had the downtown police memorial, with its brass plaques honoring fallen officers, in his sights.

Then he had heard the news, a little past Castaic, and he picked up the pace. For the sadness and grief, there was also anger, and with the anger came a