I really was at the Chicago Marathon...

If you read my post-marathon blog, you might remember the night I read the rules that deemed cameras, cell phones and Ipods as forbidden. It may not surprise you to know that everyone had cameras. Everyone had their phones. And many had Ipods. Except me. So...thanks to Renee McGuire, I have a few marathon photos to share.

This is Charity Village. At 6:30 am on the morning of the marathon. The sun had just come up and folks were begin to dribble in.
Here's a mighty sea of orange. Part of "Team World Vision" after our rally speech - and preparing for a group photo. Here's a fine photo of Shelly and I. As you can see, I did not don my WV shirt. The material bugged me and it wasn't as loose as I like my shirts to fit. So I opted for this light blue number that wicked and fit me well. On the day of the race, I was wishing I'd brought my shirt.
Here are my walking partners - April and Renee. Renee was the owner of the most amazing tracking and GPS system I've ever seen--and kept us moving on target. At least for the first few hours...Here's the "start line." It took us 22 minutes to move from our position to the start line. More bodies than I've seen in one place. Ever.This is a few moments after passing the starting line. Through this tunnel that was SO big. It was wild to be jogging/walking where cars normally reside.
Things begin to loosen up a bit. A shot of downtown Chicago.

It really was SO cool to be in the midst of Chicago. I'm not a huge city girl--but I really loved Chicago. Amazing buildings.

There were bands and music throughout the course. Here's just one of them. The music/performers really lightened things up. And that's my back on the left. :)

There are a few more pics to post...but something is going on with this crazy blog system. More tomorrow!

Peace - k