Today was the 2nd time I shot the Boston Marathon from Natick, Massachusetts. The marathon experience in Natick is really exciting, emotional, and quite frankly, an life changing event. This year I woke up at 7am, packed my gear in my Smart Car, drove to Natick center, and started out my day with some Dunks! I walked around Natick center shooting images of the setup of the water stations, spectator lines, and support personnel. The first racers blazed through Natick shortly before 10am. The wheel chairs were first which to me is a one of the best highlights of the day. To even race in a wheel chair is a feat in itself. It only proves that people can overcome many things and succeed. The elite woman’s racers were next followed by the elite men’s racers. Both of these gr0ups are harder to shoot due to the enormous support vehicles surrounding them but, I managed to capture some images that I enjoy. The rest of the runners followed. I captured the Hoyt’s as they came through town and a few runners that had partial leg prosthetic. Amazing and inspiring! Here’s a few of the images that I processed so far and I’ll be posting more throughout the week. I’ll finish off with a gallery of all the images as I did last year. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!
Entering Natick
Poland Springs provides a staggering amount of water
The underground bike ride prior to the start of the race
Let the race begin! A fly over by the 104th Fighter Wing
W2 Krige Schabort fourth place finisher with W3 Masazumi Soejima 2nd place finisher hot on his wheels
W22 David Swope
W103 Amanda McGrory 22nd finisher WC3
W6 Kota Hokinoue
W14 Ryan Chalmers 15th finisher WC4
Dick and Rick Hoyt
F121 Lisa Veneziano from Fenton, Michigan
10660 Kathi Seifert PhD with Baby on Board!
24158 Neil Bernstein - Pesky Pole Marathon (www.peskypolemarathon.org)
MathWorks Superstar Doug Hull
The Elite Men runners FLYING through Natick - Check out our very own Ryan Hall!
The Elite Women runners
There's our 3rd place finisher Kara Goucher! Go Kara!
Runner 8858 Richard Whitehead from the UK - Pure Inspiration!
Runner 13253 Danielle Rohm from Greenville, South Carolina
My favorite comedy actor Will Ferrell came out for a lil'Beantown Loooovin.
Semper Fi!
9272 Lindsey Habermann slappin a few hands
I have many more to add so please come back later this week and check out some more Boston Marathon pictures!
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