For different reasons, both runners navigated moments of self-doubt and questioned whether they’d be able to finish the 26.2 together prior to the race.
While Pappas has run 2:34 for 26.2 and competed at the Rio Olympic Games in the 10,000 meters, she hadn’t raced the Boston Marathon before, and she enjoyed witnessing Thompson and the rest of the para athletes show support for each other in the prerace holding area. “I just felt really joyful to experience that because I know what it is to be an elite athlete and this was like that. It was its own community,” Pappas says.
Pappas also pointed out people and sights along the course that motivated Thompson, like fellow female competitors they could cheer on during the race. “I think Alexi has a positive message that is really good for the community,” Thompson says. “And I like that she’s crossing over. If elites every once in a while guided differently-abled athletes, they would get a different perspective .”Throughout the race, Pappas never asked Thompson how her body was feeling. She didn’t want her to focus on the hamstring injury.
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