“I started transitioning from walking to running at the end of 2010 in an attempt to become healthier. I was over weight at the time. With the help of encouraging co-workers, I ran my first race in March of 2011. Seems crazy when I think that my first race was The New Bedford Half Marathon...
Here's one of the more surreal pictures that I've seen from yesterday's Boston Marathon. Police were stopping runners in their tracks about a half-mile from the finish line.
It was quite a frosty St. Patrick's Day Half Marathon through New Bedford as 3,120 runners ran for times from just over an hour to just over three hours.