Gallery: The Eve of the 2017 Boston Marathon – Boston University News Service

Volunteer Tabitha Silver dances with a friend at the Boston Marathon pre race pasta party on April 16, 2017. Photo by Vaishnavee Sharma/BU News Service

Carlos Arredondo, who became an internationally known figure after helping to save victims of the 2013 bombing, hugs Cynthia Martinez, of New York City, who is running her second marathon, in front of the finish line on Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

A young visitor signs a statue reading #beboston in front of the Boston Marathon finish line Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

People pretend to run for a photo in front of the Boston Marathon Finish line on Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Olga Fernandez, of California, takes a photo of the finish line on Sunday, April 16. This year’s marathon will be her fourth. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Jie Zhang, of China, reacts after receiving his race bib at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Volunteers help guide racers getting their bib numbers at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Bruce Mccormick, of Ashland, Pennsylvania, looks for his son’s name on a poster made of the names of all registered runners at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Runners watch a video explaining the entire 26.2 mile Boston Marathon course at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Runners try out massage chairs at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

An exhibitor swims in a resistance swimming pool at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

People look at an elevation map of the Boston Marathon route at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo at Hynes Convention Center Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

People sit by the Boston Public Library which is decorated with flowers for the Boston Marathon on Sunday, April 16. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Volunteers serve pasta to the guests at the Boston Marathon pre-race pasta party on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Photo by Vaishnavee Sharma/BU News Service

Farshid Parandian (left), 53, from Austin, Texas, shares a meal with Eugene Winters, 60, from Ireland, at the Boston Marathon pre race pasta party on April 16, 2017. Monday will be Parandian’s fourth Boston Marathon run, and 19th marathon. It will be Winter’s debut at the Boston Mrathon, but 270th marathon since he began running at the age of 55. “We just love running, so we keep doing it,” Winters said. Photo by Vaishnavee Sharma/BU News Service

Vounteers form a line to keep awaiting crowds away from the pasta until the seating was cleared by those already eating at the Boston Marathon pre-race pasta party on April 16, 2017. Photo by Vaishnavee Sharma/ BU News Service

April 16, 2017, Boston, MA. – Volunteers pass out and restock drinks for runners and their families at the annual “Pre-Race Dinner” held at City Hall Plaza. Each year pasta is served to fuel runners with carbohydrates and energy the evening before the marathon. Photo by Crystal Milner/BU News Service

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