Boston Marathon 2015 Results: Lelisa Desisa celebrates with ‘Strong Boston’ (Video)

The Boston Marathon wrapped up on Monday afternoon, with Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa taking home his second win of his career and dropping a killer reference. 

Another Boston Marathon is behind us, as the race has been run, the winners have been announced and the world is starting to move on to the next race. But there’s more than just running going on at the Boston Marathon, as the race has become about more than simply coming in first.

Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa took home his second victory at the Boston Marathon — the first coming the year of the bombing — and he referenced that year by dropping a phrase that has become a rallying cry for unity not only in the marathon but across the world.

Desisa celebrated the win with a ‘Strong Boston’ reference — which is meant to be ‘Boston Strong’ and highlights what this race now means.

Before the bombings of 2013, the Boston Marathon was already a melting pot race that brought together the nations of runners who exist throughout the world. Proof of this is seen in an Ethiopian runner coming to America to win a race in a historically Irish town.

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However, the tragedy at the Boston Marathon in 2013 has warped the meaning of the race in a way that we never imagined. Rather than the race being a somber occasion, it’s become a celebrity of life and fitness — and that’s what Desisa is touching upon in his own way.

Whether it’s in perfect English, broken English, Spanish, French or a ‘Bawston’ accent, the term ‘Boston Strong’ has taken on a meaning all on it’s own and it’s being embraced by all. That’s what the race has become about and while it was a phrase and sentiment born out of tragedy, it’s something that has come to represent the endurance not just of runners but of the human sprit.

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