Country Music Marathon Nashville, TN - 2006 Pics taken on Clifton Lane 4.6 miles into the marathon…

Country Music MarathonCountry Music Marathon Nashville, TN - 2006 Nashville, TN - 2006

Pics taken on Clifton LanePics taken on Clifton Lane

4.6 miles into the marathon…4.6 miles into the marathon…

In the beginning…

The police escort…The police escort…

……and here come the leaders…and here come the leaders…

……focused, determined…focused, determined…

……there they go…there they go…

Right behind the leaders…

““Hey! Wait up!”Hey! Wait up!”

““Not without me, you don’t!”Not without me, you don’t!”

““Nor me!”Nor me!”

The first ladies…

Calm, collected…Calm, collected…

……and not hanging around!and not hanging around!

The other twenty-odd thousand…

Comin’ through…Comin’ through…

……at an incredible rate!at an incredible rate!

It takes all kinds…

……the young…the young…

……the young at heart…the young at heart…

……the big and strong…the big and strong…

……umm, the big and strong…umm, the big and strong…

……the super hero…the super hero…

Isn’t this a tad fast?

““Just slow down, will you!”Just slow down, will you!”

The pit-stop…

““We are not worthy!”We are not worthy!”

““But let’s take a quick pic!”But let’s take a quick pic!”

Back on the road…

““Hey! Get one of me like this!”Hey! Get one of me like this!”

““Me too!”Me too!”

““And us!”And us!”

““Hey! There’s Jay! Go Jay!!”Hey! There’s Jay! Go Jay!!”

Excuse me, do I know you?

““Not now! I’m busy!”Not now! I’m busy!”

Mr. Spielberg?Mr. Spielberg?

May I have an orange?

““You’re freakin’ me out!”You’re freakin’ me out!”

““Mmmm!”Mmmm!”

What do you think, young man?

““Oh definitely out of their minds!”Oh definitely out of their minds!”

Happy Days

““Heyyyyyyy!”Heyyyyyyy!”

““Right on, dude!”Right on, dude!”

““Solid!”Solid!”

““What that guy said!”What that guy said!”

““Be cool!”Be cool!”

““WHOA!”WHOA!”

Togetherness…

It’s about team work…It’s about team work…

……sticking together…sticking together…

……and enjoying the ride...and enjoying the ride...

…Oh, and the after party…

““Really? Cocktails? Hooray!!”Really? Cocktails? Hooray!!”

““Who said cocktails?”Who said cocktails?”

The Winners

Feyisa Tusse (Ethiopia) 2:15:06 Feyisa Tusse (Ethiopia) 2:15:06

Tatiana Mironova (Russia) 2:36:51 Tatiana Mironova (Russia) 2:36:51

The End!