Monday will mark the one-year anniversary of the attack at the Boston Marathon. Runners from across the world are making their way to the city and Manitobans who went last year are already en route for this year's race.

Tim Turner has prepared for hundreds of runs, but he'll never forget last year's run in Boston.

Luckily, turner crossed the finish line before the bomb went off. A year later, the nightmare is still fresh.

"We were, sort of, meeting up with our group in the family meeting area, standing there talking,” said Turner. “Then all of a sudden, the bombs started going off, don't really know what's going on."

Tim's wife also didn't know what was going on. She was en route to the meeting area and heard about the explosion from a lady on the subway.

"She was looking at her phone,” said Ramona Turner. “She said, “There's been an explosion at the finish line.” I looked at my phone and I said to our friend bill, “I haven't heard from Tim in over an hour,” and when I realized that, it was complete heart-stopping."

Tim's going back to run in this year's marathon, knowing it'll be an emotional return.

"Time for remembering those who died. There's been wreaths placed along the route already where the bombs had gone off, and we'll see.”

Ramona will be waiting for Tim at the finish line, wearing a T-shirt she made that says “Winnipeg Cheers for Boston.”

"I wanted to make sure that everybody knew I was Canadian, I'm in Boston and I'm supporting," she said.

"We can't let things like this stop us,” said Turner. “We have to continue to live and enjoy life and we have to go back and celebrate for what we didn't get to celebrate last year."

The Boston police department will have an increased presence on the day of the race and over a hundred cameras have been installed along the marathon route.

- With a report by Rahim Ladhani