Alex Townsend, manager of regional sales and marketing at the Washington, D.C., office of A Royal Flush, has worked the New York City Marathon for years. Her family’s company — which also has locations in the Bronx, N.Y.; Springfield, Mass., and Bridgeport, Conn. — has provided portable restrooms for this premier U.S. road race for 13 years. The past three years, Townsend also helped out as a volunteer handing out blankets to runners at the end of the race.But it wasn’t enough. She wanted to be IN the marathon … as in running … all 26 miles. And on Nov.
