I read that the devices were (probably) set to go off at a time when many runners would be finishing their race and lots of people would be at the finish line waiting for them and I can't help but think how much worse it would have been if the bombs had been placed at the start line where everyone is packed tightly together in their corrals waiting for the race to start. As a runner I am wondering how this will effect future races and racers. Will spectators stay away from the big races and will racers decide not to run? Will security somehow be tightened around the course? The logistics of a 26 mile race boggle the mind to begin with, but now with all this, the planning is going to be a nightmare.
As a mother my heart aches for the family of the little boy who was killed. He was standing near the finish line with his mother and sister, waiting to see his father run past and now...I can't even express how absolutely horrified and sad I am about this whole situation. I have my first half marathon coming up and was hoping my husband would bring our girls to support me at the end, but now I'm having second thoughts and I'm thinking I will tell them to stay home. I know that the chances of something like this happening are so small, but I'm not sure I want to be thinking of their safety my whole race.
I saw this posted yesterday and today I am wearing a race shirt in honor of the people killed and injured in Boston and holding my family extra close. You never know how much time you have left with the people you love.
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