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Area runners close to bomb blasts at Boston Marathon Steve Newman steve.newman@metroland.com

Find fine food at Rainbow Heritage Garden. See page 18

SPORTS

Hughie Nolan is going to higher heights to support next month’s Hike for Hospice. See page 33.

Renfrew County marathoners are alive, but shaken, after two bomb blasts left two people dead and about two dozen others injured at Mondayʼs Boston Marathon. Stewart Campbell, a former Renfrew resident who now lives in Pembroke, celebrated his 55th birthday by completing the 117th edition of one of North Americaʼs most prestigious road races. Campbell finished his 25th marathon in 3 hours, 11 minutes. But about an hour later one of his Pembroke running colleagues, Bob Bobeldijk, 76, was within about 300 metres of the finish line where the first bomb exploded. Bobeldijk kept on running, but 10 seconds later a second bomb went off, closer to him, and security people rushed onto the course and prevented any runners from continuing. Earlier in the race, Bobeldijk stopped to use one of the race course portable washrooms, which Campbell surmises may have saved his life. Most worrisome for Bo-

beldijk was that he knew his wife Arpick was waiting for him near the finish line. It was only when they found each other, and embraced, that he was able to relax. “Everyone (of my friends here) was worried because they knew I would come in about this time,” he said. “It was emotional to see each other alive,” he said. Bobeldijk also emailed his daughter in Pembroke and son in Vancouver to let them know he was okay. “Iʼm just devastated,” said Campbell. “Itʼs changed the whole marathoning scene. I was hoping to go to New York for the marathon this fall, but now thereʼs going to be dog sniffers everywhere.” He was also hoping to run his 10th Boston Marathon next year, but now time will tell what organizers are thinking about the future of this and many other international events. Renfrew resident Colleen Berry, who has run four Boston Marathons, was not in Boston this week, but had wondered for years if something like this might actually happen.

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