With the Boston Marathon coming up, Rebekah Gregory – who lost her leg in the horrific bombing at the 2013 race – has inspired people with her determination to run in this year’s event. She lost her leg to amputation, but clearly not her fighting spirit or sense of humor.

The 27-year-old Gregory (formerly Rebekah DiMartino) has been profiled on ESPN, including her trek to Palmanova, Italy, on behalf of non-profit @uxilia italia for the UNESCO Cities Marathon, her first race since the amputation.

Despite having her running blade taken out of her bag by the TSA at the Houston airport, she opted to try to run on her regular prosthetic, which is far more painful and difficult. She ran until the pain forced her to stop, according to her publicist, Melissa Schulz. But while being driven to the last kilometer of the course, with the intention of walking, she got out and decided to run the finish.

Gregory was standing with her family near the Boston Marathon finish line two years ago when the two bombs exploded, killing three and injuring more than 260 others. She needed more than 35 surgeries, and after 17 on her lower left leg, she opted for amputation.

“My leg felt like a bad boyfriend — something that I needed to cut out of my life because it was doing nothing but keeping me from where I needed to be. So I scheduled an amputation, and wrote my leg a breakup letter,’’ Gregory told ESPN.

She had the amputation on Nov. 10, 2014, and got her prosthetic on Jan. 7 of this year. She actually named it Felicia because of the movie “Friday” where Ice Cube dismissed a girl by the same name with the simple line, “Bye Felicia.”

“I had recently seen an e-card that said, ‘I wish I had Felicia’s life… Always going somewhere.’ I thought it was perfect because I knew once I got used to her, she’d always be going somewhere and no one would be able to keep up,’’ Gregory wrote.