tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338983676955927105.post2365604882156533137..comments2023-07-26T05:02:51.949-04:00Comments on WICKED RUN PRESS: Boston; "It's Not About You," I Remind MyselfMark Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11956530916020259514noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338983676955927105.post-6017926107451031262013-04-22T23:53:25.070-04:002013-04-22T23:53:25.070-04:00What a beautiful post and so well-said. I have had...What a beautiful post and so well-said. I have had to remember to put down my runner-tinted glasses too in processing all of this. The time on the clock the bomb went off would have been the time I would have had my family waiting for me at the finish line. The thought of those lives lost, lives forever changed, families torn apart, is simply devastating. That's what it is about. ZAHiDA MACHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13434896810631686865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338983676955927105.post-32244375700959116362013-04-20T09:25:11.487-04:002013-04-20T09:25:11.487-04:00*larger tragedies at HAND. Geesh...I can't spe...*larger tragedies at HAND. Geesh...I can't spell or type this morning....Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382569552132982982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338983676955927105.post-49305996487432598282013-04-20T09:23:32.927-04:002013-04-20T09:23:32.927-04:00I have been waiting for this post. I like what you...I have been waiting for this post. I like what you said, "The real tragedy of the event is those who have suffered permanent impairments from the bombing, and especially those who lost their life. Not runners. If only we could always keep that image of the 8 year old boy with the infectious smile and the sign reading "Stop hurting people. Peace" My children are the same age, that could have easily been my children, and that would be a fate worse than my own death. Same way I felt at Sandy Hook.<br />The reason we run sometimes is to get to our loved ones at the finish. To see our family with new eyes. This is what the Bombing was about, families and lives torn apart. That is felt by all of us" and am sharing. <br /><br />You are right, more than ever you are right and I feel like oftentimes (and I say this as a runner), we become so passionate as runners that we start to lose sight of the larger tragedies at end. Yes, this has deeply and negatively impacted us and will probably impact the future of our sport, but we must remember the bigger picture - maybe even above what we all feel as runners. Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382569552132982982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338983676955927105.post-22706627148951769692013-04-19T23:05:05.762-04:002013-04-19T23:05:05.762-04:00The idea of running really as a way to support oth...The idea of running really as a way to support other runners and the running community makes sense. I don't know that the spectators, who are the ones who are primarly injured, are concerned with how much we run for them as much as we may think. Yet, still, a photo I just saw tonight of so many "Bostoners" gathered by the finish line of the Marathon was symbolic. Oh, why can't life be simple and all ice cream and unicorns.Mark Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956530916020259514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338983676955927105.post-74186267030818005252013-04-19T22:24:37.924-04:002013-04-19T22:24:37.924-04:00Thanks Mark - and now we can say the second suspec...Thanks Mark - and now we can say the second suspect is in custody. There is no problem running to deal with this, of course. The victims of this event go far beyond the running community, so this tendency we have had to focus on runners is not broad-minded enough and frankly seems a bit cliquish.Greg Strosakerhttp://predawnrunner.comnoreply@blogger.com