Friday, October 3, 2014

The Last Charge Of The Light Brigade


Kipling and Tennyson might want to have a word with me for that title.

Here we have some more of the crowd of runners in motion from Ottawa Race Weekend.






32 comments:

  1. They ran a day, yet are not tired ...? (just kidding)

    Tomás.

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  2. Gosh, there are some really sporty people around.

    I just keep walking:)

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  3. Cool! We just had the Berlin marathon last weekend. Always fun to have a big event in town.

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  4. Interesting to see the variety of running attire.

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  5. It is always wonderful to see races through a city. The people are the pulse of the city. Love the title!

    Janis

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  6. Great shots. I want to know if there were 600 entrants. Of course, if I did something as extreme as this it would inevitably be called the Charge (or stumble) of the Heavy Brigade..!

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  7. what great action shots! I feel the excitement

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  8. I get exhausted just looking at them. I am so getting old!

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  9. @Tomas: hah!

    @Elaine: definitely.

    @Gunn: there's no shortage of them here.

    @Halcyon: it takes a lot of dedication to get ready for these runs.

    @VP: thanks!

    @Revrunner: a lot of people get into these things, so you'll see a variety in what they're wearing.

    @Janis: indeed!

    @Mike: lots more than six hundred!

    @Hilary: thank you!

    @Norma: with this one, the 5K, I could walk that easily- I probably do more than that any given day- but running it is a bit different.

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  10. 'a body in motion tends to stay in motion' so they say. :)

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  11. You've caught a lot of action here.

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  12. Oh there's some pretty determined faces here and in last post William.. well done to all of them for participating!

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  13. @Tex: they do say that.

    @Sharon: it was a day for that sort of thing.

    @Linda: thank you!

    @Grace: a lot of determination in each of them.

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  14. I like the title. Only skinny people in your neck of town?

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  15. Lots of people there, do you know how many people joined the run?

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  16. Lots of energy at this point of the run! ;-)

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  17. Fun action shots! Looks like a great run!

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  18. @Eve: oh, no, but thin people doing this!

    @Marleen: it's somewhere around forty seven to forty eight thousand participants over the weekend.

    @Tanya: it takes dedication!

    @RedPat: you wouldn't see this in the marathon!

    @Meradeth: it's just short enough, at 5 KMs, that they can move quickly.

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  19. is it just for runners or is it open for walkers too?

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  20. The gal with her hair flying backward because of her rapid forward movement illustrates the word motion far more than all the other pictures.

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  21. It's nice to see so many children out and running with this group. (I wish I'd gotten more encouragement to do that when I was their age!)

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  22. Assuming they didn't change direction, it looks like you crossed the street... without getting trampled!

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  23. Nice to see so many participants.

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  24. I like the way you've caught some of the runners with the camera so they look like they're dancing!

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  25. Invigorating post! *puff pant*
    We must be in sync, as I too am sharing a pink runner tomorrow!


    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°>


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  26. Running with a crowd doesn't look fun to me. I like at home on the treadmill, or down a country road with NO ONE near me.

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  27. @Jen: I imagine if one's pace was more of a walk, you could do so. They stay out there until all the participants have crossed the line.

    @Mari: true!

    @Kay: a lot of kids do participate.

    @Linda: I waited until I could cross.

    @Randy: there are always a lot.

    @Cheryl: thanks!

    @Cloudia: thank you!

    @Whisk: it's not my emphasis for exercise.

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