The past week was extremely difficult and emotional for most of us. As athletes, as parents and children, as people of faith, and as humans, it's hard to imagine and to understand a purposeful and hateful motivation to harm others. It goes against the very core of us and of the fundamental way in which most of us, hopefully all of us, live our lives.
Tuesday morning on my way to work, I couldn't help but hear a verse in a song I'd heard a thousand times, in a completely different way -- We're one/But we're not the same/We get to carry each other/Carry each other. U2 released "One" as a benefit single, with the proceeds going to AIDS research and it inspired this week's photo project.
Leah Renae and I, like presumably thousands of others, ran a tribute mile in silence. It was our way to honor those injured in Boston, their families, and the communities that spent the rest of the week frightened and confused.
The painful images
that erupted (or in a few unfortunate cases, leaked) out of Boston will
stay with many of us for some time, but there were also images of bravery,
compassion, solidarity, and love that poured out of every city in this
nation and beyond. We were reminded that while we are all, indeed different, we are also in this together.
Communities of friends and strangers gathered for their own tribute runs, and we wanted to showcase those images. This is our small contribution with the purpose to remind ourselves and each other that if all we take away from this week are the tragic images, then these hurtful monsters have won.
Let us remember, this week and always, to carry each other.
Photos were submitted by you, our friends, and by fellow runners on Instagram. Please click the image to launch the mosaic. We hope you enjoy the collection.
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