Runners and walkers across the nation and locally in Baton Rouge laced up their shoes and took to the streets for Boston on Saturday morning.
Jennifer Peters, owner of Varsity Sports and former professor in the E.J. Ourso College of Business, organized a women’s and men’s team to run in the Boston marathon. On April 15, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 170 racers and spectators.
None of the Varsity Sports runners were injured, Peters said.
In solidarity, Peters and Danny Bourgeois, marketing director of The Louisiana Marathon, decided to organize a 2.62-mile run and walk for Boston.
“It’s something that people across the community are doing,” Peters said.
Bourgeois said the run/walk was able to come together so quickly because of the spirit of runners in Baton Rouge.
“The running community in Baton Rouge is well connected and very focused,” Bourgeois said. “The selflessness allows for competitors and associates to pull together quickly.”
