April 16, 2013 My Friend Matt Finished the Boston Marathon in 2:51 - His Words→ April 16, 2013/ Ray Long Matt with friends shortly after his finish “All of the preoccupations with my personal race outcome had vanished and my sense of celebration were wiped away. The next thing I thought about was how lucky my friends and family were to not be there during the incident and how awful it was a young boy and a woman were killed.” More of Matt's recap are over on his fastrunningblog.