days after the deadly bombing that killed three onlookers near the finish line of the boston marathon. 36,000 runners will hit the streets for the 118th running of this great race. the field includes about 5,000 people who were on the course at the time of the attack but were unable to finish. it was important to come back this year to finish not only for myself but for everybody else. terrorism won t stop the running community and it won t stop boston. the first wave of runners, those whose mobility is impaired, they ve already started. those using wheelchairs and hand psy cycles will go next, the elite females go off at 9:30 and then the elite male runners and then the first wave of the rest of the field go at 10:00 a.m. due to some restrictions from the boston runners association, we re unable to bring you live pictures. preparations have been going on for weeks, frankly months, and security measures have been stepped up. cameras everywhere, 3,500 members of law enfo