在波士頓馬拉松的起跑線上，賽事尚未開始，已有默默無名的身影，在黎明的街頭忙碌著，在 Hopkinton 小鎮的主街，有人揹起鋁架，有人擺好護欄，有人彎腰繫緊一條線。他們不是跑者，但每一步準備，都是這場盛事不可或缺的起點。每年四月，這裡都會重複同樣的節奏：鋪設、測量、整理、迎接。在無數雙腳衝出起點之前，是這群人用雙手鋪好了路。
At the starting line of the Boston Marathon, the race has yet to begin, but already, nameless figures are quietly working through the early morning streets. On the main road of the small town of Hopkinton, one person hoists a metal frame, another arranges the barricades, and someone else kneels to fasten a line. They are not the runners, but every step of their preparation is an essential beginning to this grand event.
Each April, the same rhythm repeats here—laying, measuring, organizing, welcoming. Long before countless feet charge across the starting line, it is these hands that pave the way.