Radcliffe also admitted she would have doubts about bringing her family to Sunday’s race were she in the field.
She added: “I think first and foremost as a mother I’d think more about having family at the finish area.
“You put yourself there at your own risk but putting family in that situation is something people are going to have to come to terms with and conquer.”
But she believes that the London race should still go ahead and competitors will want to take part.
“It is hard to comprehend that anyone could want to do something as cowardly as that and to target innocent people, especially children, in that way,” she added.
“On the one hand, it seems trivial to be running a race after this but on the other hand, if you call the race off, are you letting terrorists win?
“Everyone knows the potential of marathons in terms of raising money for charity and how much would be lost if it can’t go ahead and also how much good could be done to help those suffering in the aftermath of Boston.”
Ribbons will be given to all runners when they pick up their race number.
Race director Hugh Brasher said: “We want to show our support for our friends and colleagues in Boston at this difficult time for the global running community.
“We are determined to deliver an amazing event that will focus on one of the core pillars of the London Marathon, which is ‘to have fun and provide some happiness and a sense of achievement in a troubled world’.”
Meanwhile, South African wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk, a nine-time winner of the Boston race, has told of the scenes of horror he witnessed in the aftermath of the explosions.
Van Dyk, who finished second this year, and who will be also competing in London, was attending a sponsor’s function at a hotel opposite the site of the second explosion on Boyleston Street.
