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2012 Olympic Marathon Trials

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Run into the Light

Had the opportunity to photograph the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials for Team Rogue Elite in Houston today. A wonderful chance to see TRE members Allison Macsas and Scott MacPherson charge through the three loop course. The Race Committee did a fantastic job of making the race accessible to spectators and for having a well informed and courteous volunteer staff.

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Austin Marathon 2011 – Year of the Rogue

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Start of the 2011 Austin Marathon

Headed out yesterday to the 2011 Austin Marathon downtown. I coached 6 runners in Pflugerville for the Rogue Running mothership. They all made it to the starting line for a tough day of wind, heat and humidity. A quick note to say how proud I am of Amy, Jess, Jen, Glenn, Tim and Dave. Each of them persevered during this tough training season to accomplish new goals in their lives. Way to go Pfluger Pfasties!

After shooting the start and the expected fireworks, I met up with Carolyn on the last uphill by 11th street. We made sure to clap and cheer for Rogue’s in particular and to add noise to the course in general. I contributed with the click of my shutter.

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NYC

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Street Corner in Chelsea

For those that follow the AzulOx on Facebook, you might know that I spent the past weekend in New York photographing the ING NYC Marathon for brightroom. The right mix of work, prep and play made for an awesome 48 hours in the big apple. Flew in Saturday afternoon, Flew out Monday evening, allright, so it was 53 hours.

Saturday, brief recap: weird memories from LAG, gear check, pounding headache, team meeting, plaques and lanyards, pounding headache, beef stew, pounding headache, sleep.

Quite possibly the worst headache I have had in 5 years. Luckily I wound easy, but heal fast.

Sunday, brief recap: Dunkin Donuts, Gear Setup, Ladder, clicka-clicka-clicka-clicka-clicka-Jared from Subway-clicka-clicka-clicka-Al Roker-clicka, Hotel Bar

The Highline

Monday is the fun day. 7 of us headed back into the city for a day of adventures. Morning subway commute, then breakfast at a dive for some bagels and lox. Free Starbucks through some HSBC giveway, sleet on my nose, random Salvador Dali in the Columbus Circle mall, off to Times Square and then to B&H Photo and Video, camera man nirvana. Picked up a couple of things, grabbed a lamb gyro from a street cart outside of Madison Square Garden and then poof! everyone else had to head back to catch their flights. But not me, I was alone in one of the biggest cities in the world on a windy, sleeting, day-after-the-marathon, kind of day.

The Statue

So I roamed.

Exploration is hampered by concrete goals. And thus I wandered from MSG to Chelsea trying to figure out where to get on the highline walking path, made a few wrong turns, ended up finally finding a stairwell that led to the old subway line, walked the length of that and then found myself in Greenwich Village snapping photos all the while. My now trusty 5dII on my Rapid Strap tucked inside my ski jacket, remember wind and sleet, capturing the afternoon for me. From Greenwich I scampered down to the financial district. Wall Street, Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, Staten Island Ferry, Battery Park, and then a hustle to catch my flight, riding the subway again in rush hour headed back to Queens to catch the bus to La Guardia.

Staten Island Ferry

I realize this post is very stream of consciousness, it’s just that there isn’t really a narrative and I am not exactly sure where I went. I walked to vignettes that looked interesting, lost in my own thoughts, aware that the streets were very empty for a weekday, and made images where I could.

Hope you enjoy the images, I had the experience in capturing them

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–JB