Today is patriots Day, or also know as Marathon Monday around here. And I live about 5 miles from the starting line. so Me the wife and kids get on our Bikes and head on over to the Marathon course. And IAB in the GMT said I was suppose to take lots of Pics , So I did !
any way We got to RT 135 ,the marthon Course in Hopkinton, MA and rode up toward the start looking for a nice place to sit.
we went past this monstrosity , just MMike
We found this spot not quite a mile from the start line. Had a little music to go with it .
It was also right across teh street from a New Marathon Sculptor that hey had just dedicated.
The plaque was not even attached yet.
And it was very deep on so many levels .
The Top
the one side
and fianlly the most interesting side
well back to the race .
The wheel chairs went off first.
And I was taking pics when the one guy in a wheel chair was yelling for some one to help him as he went buy ( I happen to catch him in the corner of the shot ) if you look his wheels are cambered the wrong way.
But nobody did anything , So I yelled what do you need and ran toward him. My wife also ran over . He asked us to try and fix his wheel camber by rotating the axel. at this point another man , had come to help also and We lifted the back end of the chair and rotated the axel and off he went .
her is a woman in a pedal type chair.
And then the Hoyt's came along. this is the 25th time he will have run the marathon Pushing his disabled son. My wife did a tri-atalon with them. they are very personable people.
and these were the last 2 wheel chairs , but if they were stuggling to get up this little hill, I had to wonder how they were going to survive Heartbreak hill
Next was the elite Women
#5 on the left with the arrow , would go on to win the race. and the one in green would be 2nd. and there is the time at 1 mile
More elite women
And now we had about 20 minutes before the rest of the field would be sent off.
but while we waited and unfortunatly I could not get to my camera fast enough but 2 F-14's did an incredible fly by! low and fast , with the wings in Delta and it was deafing !
well any way then came the men
#8 in red would win the race , and set a new course record, ( his 2nd time winning Boston) and #11 would finish 3rd with the best time of an American in over 20 years .
and then came the Hords of runners
The riddler ??????
Superman ? I like the guy launching a snot rocket behind him
and they just keep coming !
always see at least 1 flag. and the guys in the background know how to get a good vantage point
a Bunny ???
Hey I know you !!! I would see 3 people I knew running , This is Monica I work with her. and do some road riding wiith her too.
Also saw My daughters teacher and another co-worker running
a Viking ! ? !
and THis was one of the last runners , and you just have to ask WHY ????
I'm working on making a couple of panoramas of the mass hords of people.
but as usual it is always a fun time.
any way We got to RT 135 ,the marthon Course in Hopkinton, MA and rode up toward the start looking for a nice place to sit.
we went past this monstrosity , just MMike
We found this spot not quite a mile from the start line. Had a little music to go with it .
It was also right across teh street from a New Marathon Sculptor that hey had just dedicated.
The plaque was not even attached yet.
And it was very deep on so many levels .
The Top
the one side
and fianlly the most interesting side
well back to the race .
The wheel chairs went off first.
And I was taking pics when the one guy in a wheel chair was yelling for some one to help him as he went buy ( I happen to catch him in the corner of the shot ) if you look his wheels are cambered the wrong way.
But nobody did anything , So I yelled what do you need and ran toward him. My wife also ran over . He asked us to try and fix his wheel camber by rotating the axel. at this point another man , had come to help also and We lifted the back end of the chair and rotated the axel and off he went .
her is a woman in a pedal type chair.
And then the Hoyt's came along. this is the 25th time he will have run the marathon Pushing his disabled son. My wife did a tri-atalon with them. they are very personable people.
and these were the last 2 wheel chairs , but if they were stuggling to get up this little hill, I had to wonder how they were going to survive Heartbreak hill
Next was the elite Women
#5 on the left with the arrow , would go on to win the race. and the one in green would be 2nd. and there is the time at 1 mile
More elite women
And now we had about 20 minutes before the rest of the field would be sent off.
but while we waited and unfortunatly I could not get to my camera fast enough but 2 F-14's did an incredible fly by! low and fast , with the wings in Delta and it was deafing !
well any way then came the men
#8 in red would win the race , and set a new course record, ( his 2nd time winning Boston) and #11 would finish 3rd with the best time of an American in over 20 years .
and then came the Hords of runners
The riddler ??????
Superman ? I like the guy launching a snot rocket behind him
and they just keep coming !
always see at least 1 flag. and the guys in the background know how to get a good vantage point
a Bunny ???
Hey I know you !!! I would see 3 people I knew running , This is Monica I work with her. and do some road riding wiith her too.
Also saw My daughters teacher and another co-worker running
a Viking ! ? !
and THis was one of the last runners , and you just have to ask WHY ????
I'm working on making a couple of panoramas of the mass hords of people.
but as usual it is always a fun time.
