October 11, 2007
Sports Department
800 Photos of the 2007 Chicago Marathon
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| Larger ImageThe Turn Into Chinatown |
I wasn't planning to take any pictures of the Chicago Marathon this year because I knew I'd be too busy to process and upload all the photos. However, when I woke up unusually early on Sunday morning I decided I could at least drive back to Chinatown and take some pictures, even if I didn't post them.
(I like the Chinatown location because I can drive in and out on the expressway without crossing the race course or encountering heavy traffic.)
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| Larger ImageThe First Wheelers |
I got there in time to catch the beginning of the race and I took photos for an hour and a half as the lead runners passed by. I would have liked to stay to get the back of the pack—which is a lot more interesting—but I already had 800 photos and I knew I wouldn't have time to upload any more.
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| Larger ImageFrontrunners |
If you ran in the race and you reached the giant pagoda thing you see in all the pictures of Chinatown before 11am, I might have taken your picture. You can lookup race results at the unofficial Chicago Marathon results page. I was located near 34.5km, so the timestamp at the 35km point should help you out. Just work from when you started and calculate your arrival time in my photo zone.
(I've mapped the location on Google Maps or (if you have it) Google Earth.)
The photos are divided into two groups for convenience:
All the photos should be in order (or nearly so). The middle part of the photo name is the time (e.g. CM_102351_0321 means 10:23:51), so if you calculate when you passed this location you can look for your picture.
All photos are 10MP JPEGs. You can order prints right off that page if you want, or you can also download the original full-resolution image by clicking the "save photo" link. Even if you appear small in the frame, at this resolution you should be able to get a nice picture by cropping in on yourself using any photo editing software.
Let me know if I got you.
These photographs may be used freely for non-commercial purposes (blog ads are okay) provided credit is given to Mark Draughn at http://www.windypundit.com. For other uses, please contact me.
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