I usually start my blog before the
race begins. But today will start 2
hours after I finished the race. I
stepped out of the shower from the long marathon day for me. And saw 10 text
messages on my phone asking if I was ok.
I then turned on the TV to see the chaos at the finish line of the
Boston Marathon! My wife had left to go
dinner. I then called her, hearing the phone ring in my room!
She had forgotten to take her phone!
She came in the door a few minutes later and I was pretty
upset about the tragedy and she saw it all over my face! I told her about the bombs going off at the finish of the marathon and she couldn't believe it.
Since the time of the bombs, my phone
and Facebook has been going crazy with people that were worried about us! How great it is to feel loved by so many
friends and family, from our Hometown Poteau, OK and friends from all over knowing we were at the race!
In 2012 marathon my wife had walked right
through Boylston St. looking for a spot to watch me finish the oldest most famous
marathon in the world! In 2013 I’m so thankful for my wife and new 3-week-old
Scarlett were safe and she had watched me 2 hours earlier from Hereford St. a quarter of mile up course from where the
bombs.
I normally tell a story of events of
the race and my thoughts and stories of the trip. Sometimes they are happy and fun and interesting and I had many ideas for this blog but they are
blurred by the victim’s and the family’s of the injured and deceased. I didn’t run well today and I wouldn’t want
to tell a story even if I had ran the best marathon of my life. It still doesn’t feel really that people lost
their lives cheering family and other runners to finish. I have finished over 40 marathons and there
is not a better marathon than Boston.
The fans that cheer you on, police everywhere, fireman, volunteers to
make this amazing race take place! I
feel like Boston Marathon Associations did everything they could to prevent
this from happening. My love for this
marathon and this city will still remain but my heart will go to the ones that
have lost their lives because of the terrible tragedy. I just heard on the news of 8-year-old boy that
is one of the victims with his live taken, he more than likely was there
watching his dad run the race. My son is
9 and he wants to run a Tulsa Half Marathon soon I hope this doesn’t scare him away
and I am so thankful my family is safe.
Kristin and I pray again for the victims and families at Boston 2013.
You may think,
“Were where you on OKC Federal Building, on 911?”
I had just ran past 2 bombs sitting in a trash can that were
ready to explode! Lucky I went past and
my family and I were in safety! You also
my ask, “Why did this happen?” It is
simply there is evil in this world.
7:20pm Eastern Time Boston, MA Last Update: 100 people injured and 2
deceased
