Hello iRunners:
As I was not running the 2012 Virgin London Marathon, part of my press credentials was an option of access to the early finish bridge. Awesome.
Here I am at waiting for the elites to finish.
My camera is an Olympus and all the other photographers have massive zoom lenses.
Anyway I got there early and as we were waiting for the elite women and men to finish there was a Prince Harry sighting which caused a bit of commotion. We did not know he was there to present the winners with their trophies.
We saw the wheelchair athletes finish (Josh Cox, the Canadian athlete had just won Boston on the Monday, ended up 9th, while the Brit, David Weir, came in first to the roar of the crowds.
Diane Roy of Canada was third in the women’s wheelchair event (Shelly Woods, the other Brit, won the women’s wheelchair event.)
I was able to take my own personal picture of Mary Keitany winning the race (2:18:37). I was also able to photograh Wilson Kipsang ( 2:04:44)cross the finish line too.
Then the “press” was rushed to the awards ceremony to photograph the award ceremony with Prince Harry. Fortunately I was able to be in the second row so I held my iPad over the front row to get these pictures.
