Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Today's failed photo assignment

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Herbie53
10-25-09, 07:39 PM
Rode into DC from Old Town Alexandria today via the Mt. Vernon trail with a plan to capture photos of my wife running the Marine Corps Marathon. Failed to find her (eMail updates of her location to my phone didn't work), but took some shots of a pretty day and lots of humanity running around anyway.

end or runway shot at Reagan National A/P
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1163.jpg

Marathon escort scooters
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1171.jpg

the mass of humanity coming into the Memorial area
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1165.jpg

Lincoln Memorial (from the back.. I think)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1176.jpg

Helicopter buzz
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1192.jpg

at the Washington Monument
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1204.jpg
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1199.jpg

the right horse for the course... photo/utility/winter bike on Mt. Vernon trail
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1217.jpg

Pentagon Memorial... I wept as I listened to the running water and thought of the fallen
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1225.jpg

having a Clif bar at the finish area
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/2009%20Marine%20Corp%20Marathon/IMG_1228.jpg

AiredaleII
10-25-09, 07:55 PM
Looks like it was a beautiful day, thanks for sharing those images.
flip18436572
10-25-09, 08:02 PM
Awesome Pictures!!!! How did she like the marathon? I like the balloons with 4:15 pacers picture. Actually I like them all, but I read a few articles about the pacers, and remembered the balloons in the articles

Neil_B
10-25-09, 08:24 PM
Thank you for the photos, and for reminding me I need to ride that trail sometime.
Herbie53
10-25-09, 08:38 PM
Awesome Pictures!!!! How did she like the marathon? I like the balloons with 4:15 pacers picture. Actually I like them all, but I read a few articles about the pacers, and remembered the balloons in the articles

Mrs. Herbie had a good run in spite of waking up with a bit of a migraine leftover from Saturday. She was targeting a 4:20 (something about beating Oprah's time?), and was looking like she was going to close the deal until a bit of a bonk around mile 17 or so... ended up with a 4:30 and change.

Here she is finishing a 5k in Ohio this summer...

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/spridle22/July%204%202009/IMG_1047.jpg
flip18436572
10-26-09, 06:55 AM
Tell her GREAT JOB!!!! There is no way after my last migraine that I would be even able to do a 5k the next day, let alone a marathon. It wiped me out. I hadn't had one in over 7 years according to my wife and kids, and all I did was vomit, drink fluids and try to sleep in a quiet and dark place.

GREAT JOB DONE!!!!
Jim from Boston
10-26-09, 07:58 AM
Rode into DC from Old Town Alexandria today via the Mt. Vernon trail with a plan to capture photos of my wife running the Marine Corp Marathon. Failed to find her (eMail updates of her location to my phone didn't work), but took some shots of a pretty day and lots of humanity running around anyway.

Nice photos. I've tried to photograph friends in the Boston Marathon coming through the 25 mile mark in Kenmore Square, and it's difficult even with chips in the shoes, since you need to be near a computer or other such device. It takes a lot of concentration and focus, since the opportunity is fleeting. Besides everybody is so disheveled by that time, many all look the same. :lol:

Distinguishing garb is the most useful, I think.
Condorita
10-26-09, 09:51 AM
It's Marine Corps, not Marine Corp.
Herbie53
10-26-09, 08:48 PM
It's Marine Corps, not Marine Corp.

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