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5k for Saint Paddy

2007.03.11


















Achilles 8th Annual St.Patrick's Day Run.

When I left the house this morning, I had no particular destination in mind. I was glad to come across this wheel/run/walk down by the lake. When I arrived about 15 minutes pre-race, the excitement was starting to build. The runners were getting tense and bouncy, like dogs approaching the off-leash park.

The wheelchair athlete seen in these photos was amazing to watch. She was really out there alone, which was probably less exciting for her then if there were other athletes in her segment. I'm trying hard to get her name - sent emails and doing searches. No luck so far.

2048, Francis Coral-Mellon, came in first. He's the guy with the neon orange gloves. He really poured on the power at the finish. If you look, he's on the right side of the frame in picture 9, which was taken in the first few seconds of the race. My impression of him is that he runs his races all alone as well, inside himself, focused.

Older runners are hot, IMHO.

In the last second of the race, 228, Darren Weldrick, passed 1194 Ian Young to take second place. What a burst of fierce energy! You can see him in black, setting himself for that final explosion of strength.

Paul Osland, 2013 ran with style and finished 4th - first in his age category (40 to 49).

Interesting to me: The winning runner was in the 19 and under catagory. Second place was 30-39, third was 20-29, and fourth was 40-49. Age doesn't make so much difference in this sport.

Jennifer Faraone, 770, was the fastest woman. There she is in the last shot of the series.
20 Comments
maharba A little nippy for me.
maharba · 2007-03-11: 17:51
jendayee beau reportage !
jendayee · 2007-03-11: 18:15
tvpav I have clicked on the thumb and looked through all images....I was/am very impressed but thought for the second that I could almost recognise the style and then I have notived that it is your blog. You are incredible with your camera....you should be paid for each and every set you post here.

Pav
tvpav · 2007-03-11: 18:23
moonunit80 Nice documentary set!
moonunit80 · 2007-03-11: 21:06
tortoise So good.

Love the gleaming horn. Indicative.
tortoise · 2007-03-11: 21:40
pattyb Fantastic and I totally agree...
pattyb · 2007-03-11: 22:49
monkeyface I love the last one! They are both mid air and you captured it so wonderfully.
monkeyface · 2007-03-12: 05:12
Tachikama wow, great set. i love all of them specially number 6!
Tachikama · 2007-03-12: 06:39
PaulGraham fantastic set so mant powerful shots
PaulGraham · 2007-03-12: 11:54
PaulGraham *many
PaulGraham · 2007-03-12: 11:54
dweiskir Wonderful series. I especially love the isolation of the lone wheelchair in #5, both physically separated, and also color / b/w. Very powerful.
dweiskir · 2007-03-12: 12:27
OC110481 Great set!
OC110481 · 2007-03-12: 19:20
Yanko It´s a beautiful set but 5 y outstanding!!
Yanko · 2007-03-12: 20:43
patojejp amazing set
patojejp · 2007-03-13: 09:22
????? Francis Coral - Mellon here. These pictures are really nice. No one ever takes pictures of me in races so it's nice to have some. I look almost apelike as i'm finishing :[ . I have been to this race three years in a row and to be honest, this win was more than a little surprising. I was actually only hoping for top 20.
????? · 2007-03-13: 23:43
JuliaGotz Francis, if you email me (coo@joolya.ca), I have a few more pictures and I'd be happy to send them to you. Congratulations on a great race, and I'm glad you did even better then you had hoped.
JuliaGotz · 2007-03-13: 23:46
chrisdelacruz This is a great set Julia. are you sure you're in the right profession? You should be working for Life magazine!
chrisdelacruz · 2007-03-14: 08:43
amenes Amazing captures... good job
amenes · 2007-03-14: 13:33
dynah 4.6.7.8 wowwamazing portraits sexyloca!
dynah · 2007-03-15: 16:32
rcharris Superb set of photos, once more!
rcharris · 2007-03-19: 08:49
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