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Honolulu Marathon Photos, Part 1
Click here for pre-marathon pictures
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The course map. Click on it for a larger version.
The blue is land, not water. |
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The five of us in the Hyatt lobby. It looks like that giraffe is taking a liking to Tyler's head.
From left to right, we are Tyler, Ann, me, Mark, and Lee. |
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Linda Francisco, my fabulous program rep from 2000, greets us as we prepare to load the shuttle bus to the starting line. |
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The rain starts to come down as we wait to start.
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We're smiling because it stopped raining.
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Fireworks preceeded the 5:00 starting gun. If you look real close you can see us down there.
Picture from the marathon's web site. |
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The starting line. |
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The obligatory "1 down, 25.2 to go" picture.
The guy up there was a real jerk, almost berating us for taking so long to go the first mile. Apparently he didn't realize that it takes a little bit of time for 19,499 people to cross the starting line. It took us over 12 minutes. |
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Carol, looking as fabulous as ever.
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Maria and her group are awakened by the flash.
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