Here are a few photos from the past few weeks courtesy of others. Sometimes you see a picture of something you distinctly remember happening but can’t believe that particular photo exists. You suddenly realize it’s from a different angle than you ever remember seeing before. It’s new and provides a different context or perspective on something you thought you understood or knew. That’s what happens with some of these pics — clearly I was there but because I didn’t review them on my camera roll later they seem like alien artifacts of another person and another time.
So Xenolinguistics and Pictographs it is!
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From George Rose over at Mainly Marathons, here’s some on-course pics snapped throughout the Southwest Series.
Day 1 – Hurricane, UT
Day 3 – Mesquite, NV
Day 4 – Bullhead City, AZ Part I
Day 5 – Bullhead City, AZ Part II
Day 6 – Needles, CA
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Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon, Nashville, TN — I’m think most of them are courtesy of David Martin Photography. But there were a few others from fellow runners or aid stations that got posted as well.
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Clyde Shanks’ shots before the Space Coast Marathon 2016 do a particularly good job at capturing my awkwardness. I am indeed awkward in real life — my running gait is weird, I inherently smile at just the wrong moment so that when the on-course photographers snap their shutters I have a weird grimace… or maybe that’s just the way I always look, even when attempting to smile. Point is, despite how especially funky I look in the second shot below, I think it captures my soul quite well. Befuddled, awkward, and in my fish-out-of-water ignominy.
