Monday, November 24, 2008

2008 PHILADELPHIA MARATHON PICTURES

Here are a bunch of pictures from the marathon.
Hope everyone enjoys them. Bart Yasso, autographing my book for me, at the expo.
Here is the start from my vantage point.
Here we are, about to start! What a mass of humanity! You can see the 3:50 pace group on the left.
Game on!
Just past the 1 mile mark, you can see Team Bill, in Orange!
Here I am, Blue Sleeves, black vest, getting ready to hand off my camera to my wife.

Away I go, in front of the yellow w/black jacket guy, on the right. You can see my blue sleeves.
Random runner shot.

The back of my wife, with my brother in law along side of her.
The back of my brother in law's shirt! Love the Flyers logo!
Even Rocky dressed for the occasion!
Here is the finish area.
Here I am a few yards away from becoming a Marathon Finisher!
I'm waving to my adoring crowd! How I had the energy to raise my arm at this point is amazing.
I'm DONE! Getting some warm dry clothes on!
Here's a great shot of my wife & I. I couldn't have done all of this without her support!
Here's the whole crew! Ya gotta love their George Costanza puffy jackets.

There ya have it, a bunch of pics from my 1st marathon!
It was a great day, and I couldn't have done it without the support of my wife, boys, extended family, friends & the blogging community. It was awesome of my brother & sister in law to come in from Boston for me!

18 comments:

Denise said...

GREAT pictures!! I'm sure we were running next to each other at some point...man, I wish I knew at the time!

Progman2000 said...

Great pictures - it's obvious they came from a real camera (as opposed to my blackberry).

joyRuN said...

Thanks for sharing your pics!

I NEVER would've recognized you in BLUE and no Flyers gear!!

Glaven Q. Heisenberg said...

That picture of you near the end of the run with your arms raised should be on the cover of your book.

Great job, brother!

Chic Runner said...

Great pictures! :) Those shirts are too funny and you looked like you had so much fun. Congrats on finishing an amazing race!

FLYERS26 said...

Joyrun, I was wearing a Flyers ski cap!

P.O.M. said...

Congratulations!!!! You're a marathoner!

Dang it looks FREEZING!

Unknown said...

I am appalled. You ran in short. You have more guts than I do !!! I dressed like a friggin Eskimo yesterday.

Great Kodak moments !!! Thanks for sharing the pixs and Congrats !!!

J~Mom said...

Great pictures!!

BeachRunner said...

Great pics. You look like one happy marathoner with a great crew there to support you. Awesome memories. Way to go.

Vava said...

Great stuff! Certainly motivational for a guy like me to consider trying my hand at the marathon someday. Well done!

Unknown said...

Gert pics. I liked how Rocky was dressed for the marathon

Nikemom said...

EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! Congrats on becoming a marathoner. You rock. Great pics too - looks like you had a great time.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Darrell said...

Excellent pix.

Team Bill rocks!!

Marci said...

Congratulations and great pictures. You did really awesome!! You are a marathoner!

Morrissey said...

nice pics flyers26 and congrats on the finish

X-Country2 said...

Those are some great pictures! It really captures the day.

Erin Leigh said...

These are great!!! TFS