So today was marathon Monday and being Ilive very Close to the course last night I took a Little spin on my Bike over to the Start Line In Hopkinton, MA

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TV trucks all lined up

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these were on all the poles along the route , they work on so many levels .

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Now that is a Registration tent! ( not to mention the lines of Porta Potties ) and there were 3 of those tents.

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Fast forward to today , A friend who lives just off the 14 Mile mark was having a Marathon party , so over we went.

The wheels Chairs Were first

3+4 th in the Mens Division

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I really like how this one came out of the womens Winner

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The Elite Women #7 in Blue ( behind #11 ) would Win

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The elite Men #1 would win again!

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Lance Armstrong

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I started to wander up the course and here is a Water station

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all I can say is WOW!!!

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the 1/2 way point ( 13.1 miles )

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it is really hard to comprehend the sheer Number of people running

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Walking up to Wellsley College

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then there is Wellsley College , the noise level of screecing young College girls was deafing !!! it literally hurt your ears! But it was amusing !!

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Nice post, good to see it through your eyes.
Jimmy B

is LA wearing bball shoes?

Great series on the marathon. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

Great shots.....
How do they people in the wheel chairs steer, and roll at the same time.....they are awsome...

I have to agree it looked like Lance was wearing basketball shoes, what a great series of photos, I knew the Boston Marathon was huge but not that big there are people on top of people.

Wow!!!!!!!

On the wheelchair shots, did you get any panning at a slower shutter speed?
I love the people shots in the crowd too, did they get kissed?

Nice pics....

I watched some of the marathon on TV. The women's finish was AWESOME.. Down to the wire... Closest in history..

These pics put a prospective on what you do not see on TV...

Phil

is LA wearing bball shoes?

No Just Black Socks thet make it look that way.

Great shots.....
How do they people in the wheel chairs steer, and roll at the same time.....they are awsome...

well there are mostly 2 type of chairs, these 3 I have pictured havea Small handle that can steer the fron wheel Like a Bike. the other type , the rear wheels can pivot a little by leaning to one side or the other .



On the wheelchair shots, did you get any panning at a slower shutter speed?
I love the people shots in the crowd too, did they get kissed?


No I did not go for any Panning shots , it was extreamly Bright outside ,

and yes some did get kissed but I did not get any good shots of that.