Processing

"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." -Satchel Paige

Yesterday was the Monumental Marathon here in Indianapolis. Like last year, I pedaled my bicycle up to the intersection of 58th Street and College Avenue, which is the closest good vantage point. (And it is a good one! The runners are coming right at you as the course heads east on 58th before turning north on College.)

This year I shot the race with the Oly E-M1X. I had a choice of a fast lens or a long one, and chose the long one. Until the sun started peeping through the clouds, I kept it in aperture priority at ISO 400, shooting in the f/5.6-6.3 range. It left me wanting a fast, long lens.

Still culling through the images, hoping for a real winner or two.

Here are the runners headed north on College Avenue.

Pre-Race

I ducked out of the house early this morning to see if I could get some shots of the Monumental Marathon.

While the course didn't come as close to the house as that of the Drumstick Dash, it was fairly nearby. The runners came north up Washington Boulevard, turned east on 58th Street, and then back north again on College Avenue. 

So the corner of 58th and College, only a short hop away on the Broad Ripple SUV, was roughly the twelve-and-a-quarter mile mark of the race.

I got over there while they were still setting up...

It was a cool morning, about 55°F, heavily overcast with a good breeze out of the north. Good running weather.

Pretty soon, along came the lead motorcycle...

Followed by the frontrunner, well in front of the pack.

There was a pretty good clump of dudes behind him. But they were a ways back...

I have a bunch of pictures to sort through and process this afternoon...

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