last year, after three decades of competing in the race, Dick and Rick Hoyt decided 2013 would be their last. They never made it to the finish, though; they were among the almost 6,000 runners stopped on the course when the bombs went off. So Team Hoyt is running again — one last Boston Marathon, they told me, this time in honor of all the people killed and injured in last year’s attack.
“My body’s starting to tell me, after all these races and stuff, that it’s time to cut back,” Dick conceded.
They still plan to do shorter runs together. And some Team Hoyt supporters want to help Rick keep competing in Boston without his dad. I asked Dick how he thought he’d feel seeing someone else push Rick.
“I think it will be awesome,” Dick replied. ”He’s even got three women who want to do triathlons with him — one to do the swim, one to do the run, and one to do the bike!” he added with a laugh.