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OWN...
GOOD EVENING-- I'M BRITNI
MCDONALD...
TODAY MARKED THE 32ND ANNUAL
CRAZY LEGS RACE HERE IN
MADISON... BUT THIS YEARS RACE
CARRIED A
LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT
FEELING AND MEANING SINCE
THE EVENTS IN BOSTON 12 DAYS
AGO...
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME BY
BOSTON'S COPLEY SQUARE TODAY TO
PAY RESPECTS TO THE MARATHON
BOMBING VICTIMS.
PEOPLE DROPPED OFF FLOWERS,
WREATHS, HATS..
AND WROTE PERSONAL MESSAGES AT
THE MEMORIAL BY THE
MARATHON FINISH LINE. JO-HAR
ZER-NYE-EV AND HIS
BROTHER WERE AT THE MARATHON ON
APRIL 15TH WHERE THEY
PLANTED AND SET OFF THE BOMBS
USED IN THE ATTACK..
SINCE THEN JO-HAR HAS BEEN
CAPTURED AND IS BEING HELD AT A
HIGH SECURITY HOSPITAL IN
BOSTON...
BUT THIS DIDN'T STOP THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE FROM RUNNING IN ONE
OF MADISON'S MOST POPULAR RACES
TODAY.
NBC15'S MADELINE ANDERSON WAS AT
THE CRAZYLEGS 8-K
RUN. SHE SHARES ONE LOCAL
WOMAN'S
EXPERIENCE WHO NOT ONLY RAN
TODAY IN MADISON...
BUT ALSO IN BOSTON
"ALTHOUGH EVERYTHING RAN
SMOOTHLY AT CRAZYLEGS, AS
MADISON'S FIRST BIG RUN
SINCE THE TRAGEDY IN BOSTON,
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THIS
FINISH LINE WAS
CERTAINLY ON THE MINDS OF MANY
ATHLETES HERE TODAY."
" NAT SOUND RUNNING "
AMONG THE 16-THOUSAND RUNNERS AT
SATURDAY'S
RACE... ONE COLOR... STANDS OUT
IN THE CROWD.
"30:05 I'M HERE TODAY REALLY TO
RUN IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
EXPERIENCED THAT THAT
DAY, "
IN HER YELLOW JERSEY... MATCHING
SHORTS...
AND FRESHLY INKED TATTOO...
WENDY BOWE VIVIDLY
REMEMBERS THE BOMBS THAT WENT
OFF JUST 40 MINUTES AFTER
SHE CROSSED THE BOSTON MARATHON
FINISH LINE.
"28:20 I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TWO
BLOCKS AWAY. SAW THE SMOKE AND
THE CHAOS THAT WAS GOING ON :29"
"20:40 IT WAS A GAME CHANGER
:44"
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER...
CRAZYLEGS ORGANIZERS STEP
UP SECURITY ALONG THE 8-K
COURSE...
WITH EXTRA OFFICERS TO LOOK FOR
SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITY... AND CARRY-IN
RESTRICTIONS
AND BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS AT CAMP
RANDALL.
"21:13 EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO
REAL THREAT WE FELT, WE DECIDED
BETTER SAFE
THAN SORRY :17 "
WENDY SAYS DESPITE THE EVENTS
THAT TOOK PLACE...
SHE WAS NEVER WORRIED ABOUT HER
SAFETY AT CRAZYLEGS.
"30:50 IT DOESN'T BOTHER BE TO
RUN IN MADISON, IT FEELS VERY
SAFE TO ME.
BUT ALSO BOSTON FELT VERY SAFE
TO ME AS WELL.
I THINK I'M MORE DETEMINED AT
THIS POINT TO BE IN THESE
EXPERIENCES AND TO
GET MYSELF BACK TO BOSTON :10 "
A GOAL SHE WEARS PROUDLY FOR THE
BOSTON AND THE RUNNING
COMMUNITY... WITH SUPPORT FROM
EVERYONE
HERE AT HOME.
" 30:24 IT WAS A BIT SURREAL,
EVERY STEP OF THE RACE TO BE
ABLE TO HEAR PEOPLE
CHEERING YOU ON AND SAYING THANK
YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS :32 "
IN DOWNTOWN MADISON... MADELINE
ANDERSON NBC 15
AS MADELINE MENTIONED... POLICE
SAY THERE WAS NO
THREAT OR DANGER TO THE PUBLIC
TODAY AT CRAZYLEGS.
HOWEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS
THEY DID RECEIVE ONE CALL
THIS MORNING TO REPORT A
SUSPICIOUS BAG...
POLICE QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THE
AREA...
BUT THEY FOUND IT WAS JUST
SOMEONE'S UNATTENDED
BELONGINGS. ALTHOUGH IT TURNED
OUT TO BE A FALSE ALARM..
AUTHORITIES TELL US THEY ARE
STILL PROUD OF PEOPLE'S
ATTITUDES AT THE EVENT.
"22:25 IT'S REALLY REASSURING
THAT CITIZENS ARE A LOT MORE
VIGILANT, THEY'RE
WATCHING FOR THINGS AND WE CAN
RESPOND APPROPRIATELY :30"
BAGS AT CAMP RANDALL WERE ALSO
RESTRICTED...
ANYTHING LARGER THAN A SHEET OF
PAPER HAD TO GO THROUGH AN
EXTRA SCREENING PROCESS.
ANOTHER FACTOR IN THE FAVOR OF
ALL THE CRAZY LEGGERS OUT IN
MADISON TODAY WAS THE WARMING
WEATHER...
MOST OF WISCONSIN IS FINALLY
STARTING TO EXPERIENCE A
WARM UP... AND TODAY-- ALTHOUGH
CLOUDY--- DIDN'T DISAPPOINT..
BUT WILL IT LAST? TO GIVE US THE
ANSWERS.. WE TURN IT OVER TO
NBC15
METEOROLOGIST DAN GUTHRIE...
THE NBC-15 WEATHER AUTHORITY
FORECAST FROM METEOROLOGIST DAN
GUTHRIE....
TONIGHT: PARTLY CLOUDY AND MILD.
LOW: 44 WINDS: CALM
SUNDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY AND NICE.
INCREASING CLOUDS LATE. HIGH:
72 WINDS: S 5 MONDAY: MOSTLY
CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
HIGH: 73 WINDS: S 5 - 10
TUESDAY: RAIN SHOWERS ENDING
EARLY. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH
SHOWERS RETURNING BY
THE EVENING. HIGH: 79 WINDS: