It’s been a rough day.
The plan was to talk about how awesome it was to follow the race on Twitter and how you could track your favorite runner down to a mile or so just with their bib number. But that has all changed now.

I have a lot to say about today both as a runner and as a media specialist, but that’s going to wait. There will be a time and place for that, just not now.

The Boston Marathon is a relatively new bucket list item for me. For years, the idea of even running a half marathon seemed impossible. I remember when I was obese listening to my friends Spencer and Tim talk about running a marathon in DFW. All I could think was “man…I bet that’s cool. It’s too bad that will never happen for me.” Now, running a marathon is a plausible goal in my life. And maybe I will qualify for the Boston Marathon one day. Even after the horrific events of today, I will still strive to cross that race off my bucket list. Not just for myself, but for those innocent runners who had their limbs amputated today because they were doing what they love, and to take the power away from the terrorists who planted these bombs to strike fear.

I know that some good will come out of this situation because it always does. The human spirit is too amazing for there not to be. Whether it’s an amputee runner completing the Marathon again years later or stories of heroic acts by Boston’s finest, good will conquer. But tonight, we mourn. We pray. We hold our loved ones close and tell them that we love them.

Good night.