Showing posts with label i love ny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i love ny. Show all posts

Sunday, November 6, 2011

pretty city 2011: the dash to the finish line

snapshots from a very spirited pre-marathon 5k, "the dash to the finish" in central park



my friend, steph!

ryan hall - love the 5 boro gloves and the official ing marathon cap






all photos taken on nov 5, 2011
© anita aguilar

Friday, November 4, 2011

marathon weekend 2011: we're all winners!

...or, um, "finishers."

marathon sponsor, ING, has a fun promotion around town: they stage a "finish line" scene for subway riders, complete with an orange balloon archway, finish line tape, cheerleaders and cowbells. it's alarming at first --you're trudging up the steps and you're all of a sudden assaulted with
color and hoopla-- the "crowd" cheers with gusto. crazy gusto. it's hard to resist, but i was pleasantly surprised by how many really embraced the whole set-up, running through with a victory pose... it's really fun and funny.

(i hope it happens to you...)

here's what the columbus circle scene looked like yesterday afternoon: