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Patriot's Day: MarathonAmbience: Boston Marathon Hodge: You're at the starting line; you've warmed up a bit. The gun goes off; you go out; tell yourself to relax. Because it's a long way, you know - from Hopkinton to the Pru. It's a long way.Celebrating the Boston Marathon. I'm Jim Metzner and this is the Pulse of the Planet.Most years, the Marathon is run on the third Monday in April-" Patriot's Day. This year due to the pandemic, it's taking place in October. Bowing to tradition, here's a recording I made at the Boston Marathon years ago, on Patriots Day. Ambience: RunnerWrye: As a 2:40 runner, I am not going to win the race. But I'm gonna with myself if I finish and do as well as I can. Not only to do the best time possible, but to beat people that maybe - the guy that I've chased for three years and I've always seen his rear end just in front of me. I'm out to get that guy!Hodge: The people who watch the race - the fans, are very knowledgeable. They buy the copy of the morning Boston Globe and they look up all the runners numbers and they shout your name as you're running by. For a lot of the people, they're watching someone they know - their neighbor, relatives or somebody like that. So, it's not just the top runners -- it's the whole group that make up the race.Fan: You're all winners!Wrye: All that grind and misery you go through for three months before training for it comes out on that last day when you run the race and there's a million fans and five thousand runners. You're having a good time. The adrenaline just flows naturally there. You're glad it's over when it's over.My thanks to runners Bob Hodge and Steve Wrye. I'm Jim Metzner and this is the Pulse of the Planet.