Another take on the Boston bombing

On Monday morning, I woke up and my limbs were intact.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up and still had all my limbs intact.

On Monday morning, I woke up and my family, friends and loved ones were safe and unharmed.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up and my family, friends and loved ones were still safe and unharmed.

On Monday morning, I woke up to a beautiful Spring day and looking forward to the 117th Boston Marathon, not as a runner but as a former participant – 13 times – with that anxious and excited knot that I still get even though I haven’t run the event since 2009. I was empathizing with all the people I know who still run the Boston Marathon and the many thousands more that I don’t.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up. Sad.

I think many of the immature, misogynistic, ignorant comments on Letsrun come from the high school/collegiate crowd. They will grow up and mature and contribute more meaningful content, eventually. Hold on to hope.

Class of 73 wrote:

...On Monday morning, I woke up to a beautiful Spring day and looking forward to the 117th Boston Marathon, not as a runner but as a former participant – 13 times – with that anxious and excited knot that I still get even though I haven’t run the event since 2009. I was empathizing with all the people I know who still run the Boston Marathon and the many thousands more that I don’t.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up. Sad.

Nice stuff.

"I’m safe. You are safe. 99.999999% of the country is safe. But there never is a completely safe, and there never will be. I refuse to give up another right to prevent another 'Boston.' The bomber isn't the only one who wants you to be afraid. Remember that."

^This

hey liberal, why don't you share your opinion to the father who lost his son! A child being murdered has nothing to do with sanitation issues in 3rd world countries.

Threadjack alert.

crazy wrote:

hey liberal, why don't you share your opinion to the father who lost his son! A child being murdered has nothing to do with sanitation issues in 3rd world countries.

Where to spend the money is the key. 200 Americans die daily in car accidents. Is it really going to help to spend millions and change policies all over because of one nut case in Boston?

crazy wrote:

hey liberal, why don't you share your opinion to the father who lost his son! A child being murdered has nothing to do with sanitation issues in 3rd world countries.

The ‘Logical Thinker’ isn’t very logical anyway.

We all know about starvation, disease and wars in the third world and those so-called 20,000 children a day dying for lack of drinking water etc, etc...

All that however, hasn’t put the slightest check on the vast population explosion in these third world countries, around three-four times that of the advanced world economies.

What are they all going to do when they grow up and in turn produce yet more unwanted mouths to feed?

They cannot begin to support their current population figures right now without massive aid from wealthy societies.

Unlike more third world children, we need more Martin Richards, not less, as the white population in the USA (and in Europe) are not producing enough children, simply to maintain their numbers - and as Europe and the USA is the font of the modern civilisation we enjoy - that is the tragedy.

Ditto ditto ditto ditto, except I woke up in Newton Monday all nervous about running my 8th (and possibly last) Boston. The T ride to the buses, the bus ride, on which I met several people who were all excited and nervous about running their first Boston. The port-a-potties, the nervous chatter, the walk to the start, and then, a long hard run where my training was tested to the limits. I was inspired by the Hoyts and the 2 single amputees and the double amputee who were running on those cool blades. I've only cried at the end of one other marathon, but Monday I cried from all the emotion of the day and the effort, from physical and mental exhaustion when I turned onto Hereford, and headed toward maybe my last, but my fastest Boston finish (at the ripe old age of 52). One minute faster than I ran it 11 years ago.

How strange that MY marathon, from start to finish line, was completely unaffected by the bombs and tragedy that happened right after we got back on the T ... it seems unfair somehow.

I cried when I heard the news, upset for the victims and worried for my friends who might have run slower. I cried for the Bostonians, who love their Patriot's Day, love their Red Sox, love watching the excitement of the marathon every year. Those awesome spectators and volunteers. When my phone could not keep up with the calls and text messages coming in, I posted on FB: "Yes, we are in Boston. Yes, we are okay. Just sad." Tuesday morning I had your thoughts: I still have 2 legs to run on. I cried for the victims. At the airport Tuesday I cried again when I looked at two young women who had brought their husbands and babies to watch them finish and thought, if they had run slower, their husbands and babies might be dead today. My time became irrelevant, and I am thinking that Monday may not be my last Boston after all. I'd like to go back and support the city that's given me some of my best running memories.

It's not another take. It's an often stated oppressive view.

You are wrapping yourself in a motherhood issue and making sweeping generalization about the young and lets runners in yet another attempt to stifle the free thinking and speech of other.

fgfg wrote:

It's not another take. It's an often stated oppressive view.

You are wrapping yourself in a motherhood issue and making sweeping generalization about the young and lets runners in yet another attempt to stifle the free thinking and speech of other.

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And, you, sir or madam have my deepest sympathies that your personal issues run so deep that you must resort to simplistic attacks on those you disagree with in an effort to make you feel better about yourself.

Plus, you have done a very nice job of supporting my contention.

Thank you.