What a day! With the tragic event at the finish line I don't want to say much today about the race. I don't want to come across shallow and boast about my accomplishment and PR. Later I will include my story......... Prayers go out to those killed and injured and their families! Tuesday morning: Still trying to process this whole bombing at the marathon....... I wanted to put my splits up so I don't forget: 8:15, couldn't get past the mob of people for the first 3 miles/ 7:52/ 7:43/ running a bit behind my plan because it was so congested. 7:30/ finally at pace/ 7:47/ 7:30/ 7:27/ 7:41/ 7:36/ 7:38/ 7:40/ 7:44/ 8:15- stopped to use porta John- lost about 45 seconds/ 7:41/ 7:58/ 7:49/ 8:17/ 8:05/ 7:58/ 8:01/ 8:14/ the newton hills I was able to run pretty strong. I would be going along and say, this ain't so bad and would take off passing people. / coming off the hills I was feeling pretty good but I was not running as fast as I thought I was. I was trying to pump up the crowd at Boston college, spent too much energy doing that but I felt great. / 7:33/ 8:03/ 8:10/ I got mad at this point and started pushing harder, passing runners and weaving through the masses. I was lifting the legs high and pumping hard! I loved this part of the race and had a hard time keeping the tears from flowing....I couldn't believe that I was feeling so good, although I was tired. 7:49/ 7:50/ 6:56. My number was 13363 for seeding and i ended up 7537 finisher, very happy about this effort to move up so far. I will write more later after I take sometime to gather my thoughts on this tragic event. The outpouring of love and concern was truly amazing and made me feel so very blessed to be a part of this running community and to have such great friends and family! I WILL BE BACK- THESE IDIOTS WILL NOT WIN | 