For fifteen years I have aimed for a Boston Qualifying time. I have yet to hit it but one day...
In the meantime I watch the marathon each year, I listen to the stories of friends who make it and I live vicariously through my husband who is a wicked fast runnah. The Boston Marathon is like no other marathon. It stands head and shoulders above all other marathons and for good reason. Being the only marathon outside of the Olympics that calls for a qualifying time, it is a race for the best of the best. The Boston Marathon is a race for those who put in the hard work and consistency we spoke of last week. On Monday, April 15, 2013, that experience was hijacked for thousands of runners, spectators, families and friends. Today's episode aims to bring back the positive. This is not a memorial episode, but a celebratory episode for the moments before the bomb went off. This is an episode that asks you to remember that on that day, there was far more good in the city than evil. Let's
