Temps in the low 30s like yesterday, but with much lighter wind. Started overcast, but then the sun started to come out after a while. Kept getting alternating clouds and sun, giving me trouble with the changing light conditions. Exposure is trickier with the super-wide lens since it captures a lot of the sky (and my camera ain't so smart).This sure was a spectator-unfriendly course, due to all the contruction in the park. I figure I walked about a mile from parking/registration to the start/finish, and about four miles total.
Tried a different pair of gloves — a pair that I thought were windproof. But my fingertips still got painfully cold — had to stop several times to remove the gloves and warm my hands up inside my jacket. Need to ask Bruce at skinnyski for some advice.
Misc. observations:
- Not too happy with my pictures in the woods. I kept trying to get a good one — should've just moved on and spent more time at the barriers or something.
- Worried that I might have encroached on PatL during the race; he was cutting some of the corners really tight. Nobody has ever yelled at me though...
- Hollywood shouted "last lap, Frank!" to me as he went flying by at the end of the race. Thanks, Hollywood!
- Curved section of paved road in the park that had an orange plastic barrier on both sides. Might've looked interesting in a photo.
- Spectators — few, but clustered around the finish line with the race officials. Hmmm, I should get pictures of the officials and volunteers too. They're an important part of the race atmosphere.
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