Nothing but marathon from now on.  Yes, yesterday was my favorite day of the year, Marathon Monday, when Kenyans turn their legs into lightening bolts and traverse long distances via car in unbelievable speeds and when regular Joes put on their best tuxedos, Genie outfits and cups (!) to go 26.2 miles.

The Kenyans awe me with their speed.  The regular folks just amaze me with the fact that they choose to run this thing, in all stages of dress, looking totally exhausted by the end, but they have an advantage.  They did it and I haven’t (yet).  I admit, I envy them their shiny marathon blankets and their medals.

Yesterday made me think — I want to do this.  I want to run the marathon, but then I thought “I really like taking photos of it.”  So hence let’s have some photos:

Just kidding.  He was not part of the marathon.  He was kind of a sideshow, but he made it fun too.  Here is real fun from the marathon:

OK, well, there is just a smattering of the tons of people who run the Boston Marathon.  More to come….