26.2 miles of smiles

Despite a week of relentless rain, the over 15,000 participants in the SunTrust marathon (AKA “America’s Friendliest Marathon”), the McDonald’s half marathon, and the HCAVA 8k were granted a bit of a break on Saturday, just in time to get their run on. Take a look…

Soundtrack

[audio:http://rvanews.net/its_not_the_heat/02%20The%20Distance.mp3|artists=Cake|titles=Going The Distance]

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SunTrust marathon champion Jynocel Basweti, 22, of Kenya celebrating his second consecutive win.

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Salome Kogsei, 29, took first place in the female division. This was her first full marathon… and she decided to enter “at the last minute.”

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See the entire set here.

Congratulations to everyone who ran. You should be so proud of yourselves. (And don’t forget – they’re already doing sign-ups for next year’s races!)

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Christophile Konstas

Christophile Konstas is a photographer, video editor, filmmaker, and food lover. She is also a mama to a little boy named Linus.

November 16, 2009 6:00 AM 8

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