Remembering Boston

Some people on this planet are just plain stupid.  They're shitheads.  Why bomb the Boston Marathon?!  Seriously?!  What did runners every do to anyone?  Oh sure -- there's the whole "They wanted to hit innocent civilians/create panic/etc."  But think about it...  A marathon?!

In the United States, we have been blessed that the number of terror attacks has been rather small.  Especially when compared to countries like Great Britain and Ireland.  This is the first I've heard of anywhere that has happened at a marathon.  What's next?  Peachtree Road Race in July?  Ironman World Championships in Kona?  Tour de France?  If anything, these events inspire people to become something better.  It motivates them to take their lives into their own hands.

Guess you could say that the bomber(s) were hoping to dampen that inspiration and motivation.  They are very sadly mistaken.

Runners, cyclists, triathletes, etc have a special camaraderie.  It's not really a secret club or brotherhood.  But we acknowledge that we are striving the same thing -- to push ourselves to the limit.  We support one another, motivate one another, pick each other up, drag each other out of bed....  You name it.

One thing I've noticed about triathletes is that the support and motivation is much more common (and bigger) among them than it is among runners.  But that's a soap box for another day.  :)

If the bomber(s) were hoping to dampen the runners' spirits, they did the opposite.  We have become stronger and closer because of it.

This morning, Big Peach Running Company (major running store(s) in the Atlanta area) did a mile run in memory of Boston at 7AM.  Run a mile in silence.  I wanted to go so bad, but I had to be at work.  I'll be at a group run out of the Marietta store this evening.  I'm sure it'll be a sad event, but together we're moving on.

Regardless of what the bomber(s) intentions were.  We (runners) are moving on -- together.

I hope those responsible will be caught.  I hope they get what's coming to them.

And I hope they find a "comfy" home in Hell.