Runner’s Diary: Ukrainian runs Boston to help homeland


              Two C-130s out of Bradley Air National Guard fly over the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
            
              Igor Krytsak, of Kyiv, holds a Ukrainian flag, Sunday, April 17, 2022, while visiting the finish line of the Boston Marathon, in Boston. Krytsak planned to run the Boston Marathon after qualifying in London last year with a personal best 2 hours, 57 minutes, 33 seconds. After Russia invaded his homeland he could not leave the country without a special permit. Krytsak received permission to run in Boston for humanitarian purposes and arrived in the United States, Saturday, April 16. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP)
            
              Two C-130s out of Bradley Air National Guard fly over the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
            
              Igor Krytsak, of Kyiv, holds a Ukrainian flag, Sunday, April 17, 2022, while visiting the finish line of the Boston Marathon, in Boston. Krytsak planned to run the Boston Marathon after qualifying in London last year with a personal best 2 hours, 57 minutes, 33 seconds. After Russia invaded his homeland he could not leave the country without a special permit. Krytsak received permission to run in Boston for humanitarian purposes and arrived in the United States, Saturday, April 16. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP)
            
              Two C-130s out of Bradley Air National Guard fly over the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
            
              Runners cross the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
            
              A volunteer offers a high-five to a runner during the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
            
              A runner crosses the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Runner’s Diary: Ukrainian runs Boston to help homeland