Boston Marathon: Live blog
A year after the devastating Boston Marathon bombing, the city again holds its annual race. What is the mood of the city, the spirit of the runners, the feelings of residents and visitors? The Los Angeles Times staff, including a Boston native, are at the event to find out. Join us for our live updates as we follow the race, the runners and fans, and see how this city fares one year later.
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by Paula Ebben via twitter 4/21/2014 4:59:34 PM
Finish line proposal: "after last year I realized the people you love can be taken away from you" #wbz http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwqmmaIAAAgSUA.jpg
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by BGlobeSports via twitter 4/21/2014 5:01:16 PM
PHOTO: Marathon bombing survivors Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky cross the finish line. bit.ly/1msfU0N http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blwrfl-IMAELkPe.jpg
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:03:14 PM
Fans getting progressively louder down Comm Ave #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwsMtlIAAAUDfJ.jpg
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4/21/2014 5:04:43 PM Matt PearceThe emotion: Meb Keflezighi, the first American man to win the Boston Marathon since 1983, covers himself in glory. (Elise Amendola/AP)
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:05:46 PM
This guy thought this was a great place/time to read a good book. #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwsyXiIAAAKWiS.jpg
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:08:26 PM
Runners entering tunnel at Mass. ave. #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwtZTqIQAAhlAW.jpg
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by Nathan Fenno via twitter 4/21/2014 5:08:49 PMA year after pancreatic cancer surgery, L.A.'s Phil Kent is through half of the #BostonMarathon in 1:58.32. -
by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:11:06 PMJust got yelled at by cop for texting and walking. I told him I was tweeting. He laughed and said "that's worse" #BostonMarathon
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:15:17 PMSecurity just cut off last bit of Comm Ave. before last turn. Too many people, becoming security risk. #BostonMarathon
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4/21/2014 5:16:36 PM Matt PearceThe Los Angeles Times' own Joe Tanfani -- who decided to run this year's race after surviving last year's race and battling through a recent injury -- seems to be motoring along OK: At the half, his time was 1:53:53, according to the Boston Athletic Association's marathon tracker.
You can read Joe's story about deciding to run this year's race here.
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:16:56 PM
#boston stoops going strong. #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwvV6IIMAAl_Gs.jpg
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by levenson via twitter 4/21/2014 5:17:16 PM
Wonderful rustling noise as thousands of Mylar blankets are unfurled at the finish line. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwulJbIQAI62vD.jpg
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:18:36 PM
Lady just asked this cop to hold her baby. Boston PD- ridiculously helpful. #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwvuEsIYAA4yjj.jpg
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by BostonGlobe via twitter 4/21/2014 5:19:22 PM
PHOTO: @GlobeBillGreene captures the blur of runners at the start of the #BostonMarathon bit.ly/1msiS5a http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blwvc9gIYAACEZM.jpg
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:21:34 PM
The cheering is so loud on Hereford St, the last turn before the finish #BostonMarathon .. It's wonderful http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlwwZtNIYAAU4Xw.jpg
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:25:51 PM
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by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/21/2014 5:29:23 PMMeb Keflezighi at presser: "It was my dream to win Boston and to make it just like the Red Sox did and do the same thing for the people." -
by Nathan Fenno via twitter 4/21/2014 5:31:46 PM#BostonMarathon winner Meb Keflezighi: "It couldn't happen at a better time to win for the United States."
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by Stacey Leasca via twitter 4/21/2014 5:38:57 PM
Meet Jake! Jake just finished the #BostonMarathon in 2:44:48! Go Jake! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blw0YThIEAAOvdT.jpg
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4/21/2014 5:39:07 PM Matt PearceNot all of the remembering going on at today's marathon are about last year's attacks, of course. Tina Susman brings us the story of a Southern California connection among the throngs along today's route:
Amy Brakeman was among those fans lining the route. She remembers her father, George McDonald, qualifying for the Boston Marathon in 1979. That was when they were living in Palos Verdes, Calif.
Now, she lives in Wellesley, Mass. Her father, who is 80, lives in Long Beach, Calif., but they were both following the race today.
"I think of my dad each time I come out here to watch the marathon," Brakeman said, who got her dad on the phone for a joint interview.
Asked to remember the most enjoyable moment of that long-ago race (next to finishing, of course), McDonald did not hesitate. "The tunnel of screams," he said, referring to a stretch outside Wellesley college. "There was a huge mob of girls, screaming. It was the highlight."
McDonald went on to finish other marathons, but he never did Boston again.
