Marine and Amputee Carries Flag During The Boston Marathon

[sheshe2]

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?I HAVE BEEN SCARED AND FUCKING TERRIFIED OF THIS BOSTON MARATHON. IM AFRAID OF FAILURE AND LOSS AND TO LET EVERYONE DOWN, BUT THROUGH THE LOVE AND SUPPORT. I'M REMINDED THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING THE BIGGEST , STRONGEST OR FASTEST PERSON. ITS ABOUT NEVER FUCKING GIVING UP. NEVER FUCKING QUITING. NEVER FUCKING SURRENDERING. IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING BACK WHEN LIFE PUSHES YOU AROUND. YOU FUCKING PUSH BACK AND PUSH BACK FUCKING HARD. IT'S ABOUT BEING FUCKING RESILIENT, KEEPING THE MOTHER FUCKING DRIVE ALIVE AND PUSHING THE LIMITS OF FUCKING POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHAT THE FUCK IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!!! ________________________________________________ #FUCKIT #FUCKSHITUP #SEMPERFI #DRIVE #DESIRE #MOTIVATE #INSPIRE #NEVERGIVEUP #NEVERSURRENDER #BERESILIENT #FITSPIRATION #FITFAM #AFFLICTIONSPORT #AFFLICTION #FIGHTHARD #LIVEFREE #LIVEFAST #LOVEHARD

Link to tweet

More: http://www.runnersworld.com/boston-marathon/marine-and-amputee-carries-flag-during-boston-marathon

Video clip here...

http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/3652235-marine-finishes-boston-marathon-for-semper-fi-fund/

Bravo for Sanchez's spirit and determination... and all the amazing runners today. It was inspiring to watch. The crowd was cheering them on, for all 26 miles.




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[mcar]

1. Inspiring!

Thank you she.

[sheshe2]

3. It was a great day to be there.

Katherine Switzer ran 50 years after this iconic photo. She passed right in front of me as did Sanchez. So awesome.

http://www.esquire.com/sports/news/a54571/boston-marathon-kathrine-switzer/

[mcar]

4. I went every year

when I lived there in the 80s. It was a great experience, even more so now.

[sheshe2]

5. The enthusiasm of the crowd is

infectious.

[George II]

11. Damn I'm old! I can remember Katherine Switzer racing in some of the early...

....New York Road Runners races in Central Park. We were all in our 20s back then, and my girlfriend at the time beat Katherine Switzer (there were only a handful of female runners in the 1970s) and she was VERY upset! Hard to believe that was about 50 years ago.

It was always my dream to run in the Boston Marathon, but they had time qualifications and I just wasn't "fast" enough (i.e., I was SLOW!)

Thanks for the OP, nice pictures, and great to see that they're moving on from 2013.

[sheshe2]

13. It was a great day, George.

My niece and her kids came over today, they had never watched in real time. It was a fun day. Everyone so pumped up.

It was good to see Katherine there...50 years, I know~

Congrats to you for wanting to run....food for hunger walk...20K nearly killed my feet. I went to work the next day with baseball size blisters on my feet. Ouch.

[romanic]

2. A true patriot!

[sheshe2]

7. That he is!

Bravo!

He ran for the Semper Fi Fund.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Bravo!

[Docreed2003]

8. I salute you marine! True spirit of the Corps and an inspiration!

[brer cat]

9. You know what is most inspiring about that photo?

His big, beautiful smile. He was knocked down, but not out.

[sheshe2]

10. Yes, brer...

His big beautiful smile and equally beautiful spirit...love him. He doesn't even like to run...lol. Yet he does it for all the right reasons.

It was a great day, saw two 'baby on boards' running. Katherine Switzer 50 years after she officially became the first woman to run...ran again in Boston at 70.

INSPIRATIONAL! PERSIST! RESIST!

[George II]

12. That's what caught my eye too, what a great attitude to have in life.

[sheshe2]

15. This too...

Link to tweet

So damn beautiful, George.

[tiptonic]

14. Semper Fi

Semper Fidelis, Marine!!!!

[sheshe2]

16. Yes.

[George II]

17. CNN just had about a 10-minute interview of Jose Sanchez...

...I'm not sure if they put videos like that on their website, but it's certainly worth looking for later today.

[sheshe2]

18. I will see if I can find it.

Thank you for the heads up George.