Artwork

"The marathon is an art; the marathoner is an artist." - Coach Kiyoshi Nakamura

The artist uses imagination to put into her creation. The marathoner is the same.  The art of running a marathon is a feat only accomplished by imagination and creativity.  Yes, initially it will feel technical.  But once you experience marathons in all weather conditions, all surfaces, different courses, small and large, feeling one way or the other, you will realize the broad brushstrokes required to cross the finish line.  At that point, you have created art.  Cindy captures that art in her enhanced photographs.  I see the marathon through her eyes and relate to it through my feelings.  It's what we look forward to sharing with each other after a marathon.  It's where our art collides to form a vibrant display of human emotion, not just of my artistic rendition of the marathon but the other participants' as well.  Capturing the venue is just as an important as capturing the marathon experience itself.  Running all of the marathons that I have has not just been about running but the experience of it all including the venue.  It's a wonderful canvas which we will continue to paint for as long as we can.

 

Contemplating the Start

Today Day 54: 2 miles: 2014: 298 miles