The Official Thank You Post to the Boston Volunteers

Let me second that and extend it to the amazing spectators out there. Thank you all so much.

THANK YOU!!! you guys are amazing. Especially the lady who refilled my handheld at mile 18 and kept apologizing for spilling some of the Gatorade despite the fact it was probably my hand shaking that caused it. YOU ALL RULE!

Three different strangers came up to me as I was walking toward the hotel and helped me get into my dry clothes, which I was incapable of doing because I was shaking uncontrollably. Even though I could not speak intelligibly, two held up my post-race poncho to block the view while my spouse changed my pants (seriously). Will be forever grateful to them; they may well have kept me out of the hospital. They're what Boston's all about.

The volunteers were awesome! I crossed the finish line and started going down, two people caught me and walked me through the chute, made sure I was ok. It was a brutal day out there and the volunteers went above and beyond to get us all through it.

Agreed - I couldn't believe how many cheery, wonderful people there were.

Amazing how many people still came out to cheer and volunteer. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

BOSTON STRONG!

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

True dat! Nobody puts on a race like Boston. The volunteers have much to be proud of.

The volunteers were awesome.

It must have been more miserable standing out in the wind and rain than running. I don't know how they stayed warm and were so helpful and upbeat.

Special thanks to the volunteers who let me out of the chute early to get a burrito and let me back in the chute. I wanted some warm food as quick as possible.

All of the volunteers were wonderful, but a special shout out to the following individuals:

1. The volunteer who stood behind me while I stripped down to change post-race deserves all the medals

2. The volunteer who handed me a gatorade cup that I took with two hands and then spilled all over both of us

3. The volunteer that was high-fiving everyone as we entered the bus loading zone

4. The volunteer who handed me my checked bag without looking at my bib number because I couldn't get close enough to the table to show her

5. The volunteer who was searching everywhere for a misplaced bag for a shivering runner from wave 1

hindsight needs glasses wrote:

Let me second that and extend it to the amazing spectators out there. Thank you all so much.

indeed... never cease to be amazed by the best crowd in the sport

Want to thank a volunteer who helped me out after the race. My plan was to meet my family right away at the meeting area. I had been dropped off at the start so that was the only path to dry clothes. Like everyone else I was drenched and getting colder and colder as I started walking. The rain was picking up and it was a wind tunnel in the city. I got to the meeting area and my family wasn't there.

I spent a minute standing in the middle of the street, spinning in circles, looking in all directions to catch a glimpse of someone in my crew. I looked and felt like a lost child and was freezing.

A volunteer came over, asked me what was wrong, and walked me a block up the street to a warm coach bus where I called my family to let them know where to find me. It would not have been good had I stayed outside any longer than I did. That volunteer was amazing, upbeat, and helped me out when I could barely put a couple of sentences together. Thank you so much.

24-timer wrote:

hindsight needs glasses wrote:

Let me second that and extend it to the amazing spectators out there. Thank you all so much.

indeed... never cease to be amazed by the best crowd in the sport

No kidding. I heard someone say they have to go back only because they were disappointed in the crowds this year.

Do you want fair weather crowds or the crazed fans that showed up this year no matter what?

Guess what? The conditions made the crowds this even better than they usually are. The most dedicated running fans screaming extra loud because the conditions were so bad. You come back next year for bigger fans, you'll be disappointed.

Quality over quantity.

You want to run fast, run Berlin. You want the best fans, run Boston on a cold weather year.

They said they wanted the full Boston marathon marathon experience, and were disappointed they didn't get it. Guess what, this was beyond the regular Boston marathon experience. 2018 was one for the ages.