Remy Lawler (L), 2013 Boston Marathon bombing survivor, gets a hug from Hannah Wiggin after crossing the marathon finish line while running the Boston Athletic Association's 5K race in Boston, Massachusetts April 19, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
BOSTON (Reuters) - Runners, from the world's elite racers to first-timers, will step to the Boston Marathon starting line on Monday for the first running of the world-renowned race since last year's deadly bombing attack.
Some 36,000 people, the second-largest field in the race's 118-year history, will set out from Hopkinton, a town west of Boston, for the 26.2-mile race that finishes on Boston's Boylston Street, where two homemade pressure-cooker bombs last year killed three people and injured 264.
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