Ashburn Awaits News About Its Boston Marathon Participants

While nine Ashburn runners intended to run the Boston Marathon Monday at least one withdrew because of injuries ahead of time. Six of the remaining eight finished the race before two explosions near the finish line brought the race to a halt.

The 117th Boston Marathon began with 26 seconds of silence to honor Sandy Hook victims and about three hours after the first runners finished up, there two explosions near the finish line.

At least three people were killed and another 189 injured, according to CNN.

Initial reports indicated additional explosive devices had been found, but updates from multiple media outlets have since reported that those other suspicious were not explosives.

Ashburn runners:

Bock, Christine (USA) 16482

Bowers, Jeffery (USA) 10516*

Delong, Clyde (USA) 8571*

Kimes, Peter (USA) 16390

Mcfarlane, Kathleen (USA) 17023**

Ossipenko, Olesja (USA) 9513*

Pattie, David (USA) 6090*

Pettibone, Daniel (USA) 3862*

Schmidt, Trevor (USA) 1014*

* These runners finished the race. ** Did not participate because of injury. To see their times, visit baa.org.

Besides Mcfarlane not participating, a reader has indicated that Clyde Delong and his entourage are safe.

Potomac River Running’s Facebook fans are posting updates about local runners as well. https://www.facebook.com/PotomacRiverRunning

If you know these runners are OK, please let the community know here.

[If you're looking for family members in Boston or you have family members who might be looking for you, go to this Red Cross site: http://www.redcross.org/find-help]