Drumming up support

B.U. sophomore Max Esposito is wailing on a silver bongo drum until it hurts.

"My hands are getting tired," he complains, but the show must go on. Esposito said he has a running tradition of playing the drum in Boston until people start dancing around him.

This is not Esposito's first marathon - growing up in nearby Holliston, Mass., Esposito said he has seen more marathons than he can count. It is, however, his first marathon in a tie-dye shirt and baby blue tuxedo-style blazer, an addition Esposito said he added to "spice it up a little."

Though there are no takers yet, Esposito said he is confident people will loosen up as the day progresses. Last year, Esposito said dozens of people started randomly dancing in the streets.

"I'm not sure what the catalyst was," he said. "Maybe alcohol."