BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — U.S. distance runner Stephanie Rothstein-Bruce will compete at the Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day, her first race since the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Rothstein-Bruce had just returned to her hotel room after finishing 15th in Boston on April 15, when she heard the explosions. Soon after, her hotel went on lock down for protection.
She said there was a “feeling of helplessness, because you couldn’t go out there and help anyone.”
Rothstein-Bruce joins Deena Kastor and Laura Thweatt as members of Team United States at the Bolder Boulder on Monday. Rothstein-Bruce is eager to take the streets for one of the nation’s largest 10-kilometer road races.
Said Rothstein-Bruce: “Runners are not a fearful bunch and the events that took place would never deter me from doing what I love.”
