Boston Marathon Runner Want Their Finish

While searching for a article to write my blog post about, I decided to change it up and look on different websites so my teacher and TA don't get bored by me. Well be proud, I found an interesting running article instead of something out of Cosmo!!

With the tragedy of the Boston Marathon, many people have focused on the bigger stories like the bombers and survivors. What some people may forget are the runners that were not able to finish.

As a 5-time half marathon participate, I know the amount of training that goes into half of a marathon and the sense of accomplishment at the end. When the Boston Marathon bombing happened, I could only think about the runners that were still a long ways back just trying going a mile at a time. An article on Runners World brought me answers for the people that were too far behind to finish their race. 

The Boston Marathon is a tough race to get into. You need to be a serious runner with a qualifying time; they don't mess around in Boston. So for the runners that were not able to finish, it is understandable they would be nervous they may not be able to get into next year's race. 

"The petition proposes a fourth wave of starters for this year's non-finishers. The petition says the runners want guaranteed, but not free entry."

 It is a good idea to point that out. It shows how much the runners are just trying to be runners. They want to finish. They want to feel the joy of seeing a finish line. They want to see their family's joy as they cross the line. Most of all they want to feel like they deserved their medal. 

"While we appreciate the finisher’s medallion and estimated finishing time, we feel our journey is not complete," the petition on Change.org reads in part. "We worked hard to get to the finish line and greet our families with tears of joy. We trained for 100s of hours through the winter to be able to say that we finished the Boston Marathon. Now we cannot say that. Instead we have to say we almost finished."

I understand this... 

I think they should be able to participate again. I can already feel the heartbreak that those runners would feel if it is said they can't.

So for the magazine class- I honestly don't have much criticism on this. I have none at all. The writing is normal; it's just an informative piece. Why did I chose it then? It's pieces like this that may pass under the radar but need to be noticed. It is the quality of the information inside the piece that need to be focused on, not the quality of the writing itself.