Today is the first day of the ‘deferment’ registration period for the 2014 Boston Marathon. Registration opened at 10 AM and I was registered by 10:30 AM. For the first time, I feel like I am taking a huge step forward since the 2013 Boston Marathon.

So I am now officially registered for Boston 2014 – the 118th running of the Boston Marathon. I am so grateful to the BAA for giving each of the approximately 5700 ‘non-finishers’ the opportunity to finish what we started on April 15th, 2013. The 2014 Boston Marathon promises to be a symbolic event in so many ways. It will be a tribute to those lives that were lost and all of the lives that have been forever changed. It will be a tribute to all the first responders who risked their lives to save so many. It will be the runners chance to take our city streets back. It will be epic and I look forward to being a part of it.

Right on Hereford, left on Boylston. See you on April 21st, 2014 – at the Finish Line.