Boston Marathon head says organizers are committed to running 2014 race

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Flowers are placed by a Boston police barricade near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that ripped through the crowd at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with metal shards, nails and ball bearings to inflict maximum carnage, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

BOSTON – The Boston Marathon says the race will go on in 2014.

The executive director of the Boston Athletic Association calls the race a “deeply held tradition — an integral part of the fabric and history of our community.”

Thomas Grilk says in a statement Tuesday that organizers are “committed to continuing that tradition” with the 118th Boston Marathon in 2014.

Grilk adds that his group is co-operating with law enforcement in the investigation of the bombings. Three people were killed and more than 170 were injured near the marathon finish line Monday.

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