Marathon You Can Do It

It was another superb San Francisco Marathon. A record number of 24,000 from around the world hit the streets of San Francisco.

As usual the ever dependable spectators around Sacramento were on hand with their cameras to capture the moment.

Picture By Laurete

For more San Francisco Marathon pictures by Laurete Visit Laurete Flickr Page

For a Video and Photo Slide show from San Francisco half & Full marathon go to Examiner

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The 2010 Boston Marathon is done and dusted and I have surfed around the web for pictures and photos from the race. With over 500,000 spectators cheering the 20,000 runners I found plenty of good photos.

I watched the marathon via satellite TV and it looked everyone was having a ball “It was just a very exciting day,’’ said race director Guy Morse. “We haven’t had times like this for many years. The weather [55 degrees, mostly sunny] was almost perfect for runners. And there was a crosswind that made it fair.’

The only disapointment was watching Ryan Hall fall behind, I was hoping for a first American victory since 1983.

The Peoples Marathon

I just loved the following battle between the Russian and the Ethiopian.

The Russian Predator

The Ethiopian Prey

At the end the Prey proved to be too fast for the predator!

The Ethiopian Teyba Erkesso won the battle, beating Russian Tatyana Pushkareva, a 24-year-old former ballroom dancer who might be a candidate for “Dancing with the Stars.’’

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All photos courtesy of NEVES2006. TO SEE 45 AWESOME 2010 BOSTON MARATHON PICTURES VISIT NEVES2006 FLICKR PAGE

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The California International Marathon in Sacramento happened yesterday and as usual the wonderful spectators were on the side to take some amazing race photos.

From a loving mom following her two sons running the Sacramento Marathon comes this race image.

From a local news outlet I found this sacramento runners images

After 8+ hours of running this how dirty a marathon route gets!

For more california marathon pictures check this slideshow

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The 2009 New York Marathon was as colorful as always. Although we celebrate the runners we forget the spectators who equally do a magnificent job of taking photos.

For me, two Images stood out from the 2009 NYC marathon.

This Frenchman who came along with the Eiffel tower.

I hope it was made of fibre glass!!!…….From Jim @ Flickr

And this one,

Serious Men at Work

Image courtesy of Randy Lemoine, See his flickr collection by Randy lemoine

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Marathon races have rules and regulation. The rules for elite runners are more stringent than for the casual runners.

The rules for elite runners became more clear after the debacle at 2009 Lakefront Marathon in Milwaukee. In that race three different ladies were declared winners.

The first winner was Cassie Pellar who was disqualified shortly after the race for accepting aid – a water bottle – from a friend outside of the official water stations. The second place finisher, Jennifer Goebel, then took the first place. After a few days, supporters of Cassie posted a photo of Jennifer, the race photos showed Goebel with an iPod tucked into the waistband of her shorts. Since running with an ipod is against the rules she was stripped off her first place.

The third place finisher Canitz, a green 42 year old runner was elevated to first place.I wonder what dirt they will now dig out about her??? she better have her taxes in order.

The Elite Marathon Rules

• Don’t take water or food from spectators
• Don’t listen to music during the race.
• And this last one is so obvious, Don’t use dope

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It was an interesting 2009 Chicago marathon. Our good Spectators were their to record the memeory with this awesome photos from 2009 Chicago marathon. The photos were submited to chicago tribune website. All rights are to respective owners and courtesy of Chicago tribune.

The Champ on the way, At the end he nearly waved the $100,000 good bye!

Pain is temporary, pride is forever!

If the above quote was not inspiring, then being chased by this devil look alike was enough to make runners run for their lives!

On this special day even Elvis made an appearence from his grave!

What Courage? He could have chosen to use a Wheel chair but he chose his legs

For more exciting photos like these visit chicago tribune photo gallery.

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There are certain things that happen during a marathon race that demoralises runners especially the slow runners at the back of the park.

I got the following list from a slow runner a +5 hours marathon finisher who admits he is slow but he loves marathon running.

1. Fast runners who decide to do their cool down on the course when you are trying to run in.
2. Water stations that run out or are closed.
3. Workers who are taking down the barriers early.
4. Spectators who are cutting through the course on their way home while you are trying for a PR.
5. Organizers who open the roads too early forcing the slow runners to walk on the roadside.

So next time, if you are a fast runner, dont do you cool down on the course be mindful of those slow runners.

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