My sister and I bought Sports Tickets to the Sox game for Sunday. We got off the Orange Line at Back Bay so we could catch a quick beer. That’s when we noticed a finish line for the Boston Marathon was right in front of us. We noticed people anxiously waiting in line, apparently to get their Marathon race packets. When they did, they proudly put on their marathon t-shirt and have friends or family members take photos of them before the Marathon.

My sister and I felt like we too were a part of all the excitement these Marathoners were exhibiting. The area of the street where the finish line was located blockade off the traffic. I watched one Marathon guy standing on the painted finish line, he was sandwiched between the grandstands and the crowd barriers with his hands waving in the air while his girlfriend or wife took pictures of him. He even made a pose like he had just crossed the finish line after completing the race. He was so excited, brimming really. I wanted to go over to the finish line myself and have me sister take my photo as I would make a pose that I just completed the Boston Marathon.

My sister felt the same as me, we wanted to somehow feel apart of the Boston Marathon. We forgot about getting a beer, because all the bars were packed with runners and all the ralliers. We could hear laughter being caught by the breeze and we could tangibly feel the excitement for what was about to happen as we past each bar. My sister and I just looked at each other and made a running dash to Fenway. We were laughing when we both at the same time hummed the theme to Chariots of Fire. We laughed so hard, we had to stop and catch our breath. By the time we caught our breath, it was time to now get excited with the Sox!

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