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Boston Marathon 2008

I camped at my old spot to watch the runners go by. Since action shots are still new to me, I'm not good at spotting the few best shots (or more likely they don't exist), so this will be another long album...
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you should see an image here Nuta Olaru 2:33:56 7th woman, 84th overall
you should see an image here Nuta Olaru in profile.
you should see an image here Bruna Genovese 2:30:52 6th woman, 60th overall
you should see an image here Robe Tola Guta 2:34:37 8th woman, 91st overall
you should see an image here Magdaline Chemjor 2:46:25 12th woman, 320th overall
you should see an image here Abderrahime Bouramdane 2:09:04 (2nd Place)
you should see an image here Dejene Yirdaw (Did Not Finish) and Tariku Aboset 2:25:35
you should see an image here Ashley Anklam 2:48:43 15th woman
you should see an image here Yirefu Birhanu (DNF)
you should see an image here Nicholas Arciniaga 2:16:13 (10th)
you should see an image here Becky Sondag (DNF)
you should see an image here Christa Benton 2:51:03 (20th woman) followed by Lesley Hocking 3:04:45
you should see an image here Lesley Hocking
you should see an image here Rachel Rich 2:56:37 followed by Edward Kimosop 2:22:22 (16th)
you should see an image here Gino van Geyte 2:23:36 (19th)
you should see an image here Marc Jeuland 2:20:57 (15th)
you should see an image here Ondoro Osoro (DNF) followed by Patrick Rizzo 2:24:27
you should see an image here Corina Canitz 2:56:31
you should see an image here James Lander 2:22:34 (17th)
you should see an image here Cathy O'Brien 2:59:21
you should see an image here Lisa Goldsmith 3:04:31
you should see an image here I won't list names or times when there are at least four runners in the shot, but you can look them up on the BAA website.
you should see an image here Conni Grace 3:02:20, Jaron Hawkins 2:27:57, Katsuhiko Fukunaga 2:23:15 (18th)
you should see an image here Ben Reynolds 2:25:23
you should see an image here Jason Bodnar 2:25:22
you should see an image here Charles Kelly 2:36:13
you should see an image here David Bedoya 2:27:33, Lee diPietro 3:05:09
you should see an image here Another tight pack.
you should see an image here Steven Sinko 2:30:44
you should see an image here Mauritz van der Veen 2:31:44, Robert Reiner 2:31:02
you should see an image here I'm not sure who these are.
you should see an image here Dave Bradshaw 2:35:29
you should see an image here Rick Clendaniel 2:35:28
you should see an image here Adam Nevens 2:43:02, Tomomi Okajima 2:44:33
you should see an image here Michihiro Tomiyama (2:39:14) checks his pace.
you should see an image here Another pack.
you should see an image here Packs merging into a continuous stream.
you should see an image here First costumed runner: Tetsutomo Iizuka 3:09:16
you should see an image here The stream of runners getting thicker.
you should see an image here More runners...
you should see an image here Still more runners...
you should see an image here I climbed a tree to get a different view.
you should see an image here A river of runners.
you should see an image here Where's Waldo?
you should see an image here One more photo from above.
you should see an image here After a while I concentrated on the runners who were creatively dressed.
you should see an image here This guy, for example.
you should see an image here Or this guy.
you should see an image here Funny hats were a common way to dress up.
you should see an image here Be sure to see this full size: it's my favorite costume of the day.
you should see an image here Though this one was a close second.
you should see an image here Some runners seemed very focused,
you should see an image here but others were chatting on their cell phones.
you should see an image here Many runners wore headphones.
you should see an image here Some wore almost nothing else.
you should see an image here Boston's own George Braun (4:16:22) took the opposite approach. (Notice the salt stains!)
you should see an image here Holding up words to live by.
you should see an image here A smile I recognize!
you should see an image here Is it normal to have this much fun on mile 18?
you should see an image here Jim cruising comfortably.
you should see an image here Jim's close-up
you should see an image here Marcia takes a break.
you should see an image here Double-fisting.
you should see an image here Cheering crowds at Boston College.