This morning, as I was totally surrounded by the Leeds Half Marathon course and could not get my car out anyway, I decided to head down to Kirkstall Road to watch the lead runners come through. I also used the opportunity to try out a lens which I have just acquired.
The lens was fine and here are some of the images. There will be plenty of colour photojournalistic images published elseware, so I decided to produce mine in monochrome. I also make no appologies for trying to pick out some of the more quirky aspects of the event.
The eventual winner Ben Marriott, hot on the heels of the 'man with no number?' who was leading up to this point.
One of West Yorkshire's finest, sweeping the route.
Stephen Broadbent who took second place. Running in fine style, but he needs to lance that boil!
Head down and determined was Andy May, who maintained his fourth place on Kirkstall Road, through to the finish line.
John Convery, seen here pushing Josh Ridley. John subsequently passed Josh and they took fifth and sixth places respectively.
Aiveen Fox was the first lady to pass on Kirkstall Road and she subsequently finished second.
Mark Smith steaming towards a ninth place finish, maintaining his lead on the cycle commuter, who was apparently oblivious to the road closures. (Or is he Mark's coach!)
Another member of the public, apparently non-plussed by the days events.
Christof Knoeri leading Stephen Savage, who appears to have detected something unpleasant in the air.
Sorry 5802, couldn't find you on the list, but you were obviously enjoying yourself!
David Smithers, a fine performance in the run and possibly the award for best 'gurn'.
Ndiga Kodokod on the other hand was just rolling along effortlessly, without seeming to break a sweat
And my final image, Michael Vargas 'strutting his stuff' towards a top 100 finish.
Well done on a great achievement to all of the competitors! If you feature in one of these images free to email me for a copy.
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