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Left to right, Leanne Scorzoni, who converted to Islam soon after the bombings, will be wearing a special sports hijab for the race; Jalon Fowler, a 38-year-old IT specialist for John Hancock Financial Services, who will be running her fourth Boston Marathon on Monday (April 21); and Hamza Syed, whose family came from Pakistan to Massachusetts when he was 3 years old, vowed he would run this year. Photo courtesy of Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center
Sally Morrow

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