NYC Half-Marathon

I was up bright and early this morning, to get to Central Park in time to get some shots of the NYC Half-Marathon, which started at 7 AM. It is a good thing that it started so early, too, since it was such an extremely warm day. After shooting the start, I booked it down to Battery Park City, to the finish line (which happened to be right outside of my work). Tola won today for the men. It was really exciting. But the real story, was Paula Radcliffe winning for the women. It isn’t some big news that she won, or anything. She has won 8 of the 10 major marathons that she has started, including the NYC Marathon, 3 times!! She has been nursing a foot injury, and this is her first race of the year, with a late entry at the middle of last week. It was really cool to see her in person, and shake her hand.

It has been really tough, to keep myself from running, while my knee recovers. But sometimes it is really cool, just to show up and be amazed by how great these athletes are.

Here is a report on the race, and a lot more photos.