… “This was also the first race a family member has been able to attend to watch me run,” continued Koehn, who has been a competitive runner since high school. … was the perfect bookend to my story about why I run and what the sport has given me." Added Albers, “The Boston Marathon was the toughest, most exhilarating, and most … of the cheering fans and thinking about the wonderful cause I am running for kept me going. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.” She ran to support the …