I like this picture. good lighting and captures alot of emotion in a frame. I was reading your thread Rian - about your picture.
We have something, not as big, but similar where I live, Jersey a small island 14.4km by 8km off the coast of France. It is a walk which circles the whole of the island all the cliff paths, beaches and coastal ridges a total of 77.4km walk. It attacts people from all over the world and around half complete the walk. It starts at 3am and the first normally come in at mid day with the people bringing up the rear finishing around midnight.
I have completed it twice and plan on doing it again next year. The emotional part attached in taking part in a race is uncomprehendable until you finish. Especially for you with your time being so close to the cut off point. Amazing - well done.
However going off on your reward aspect - you should never have run the race with an injury and I have to admit us English are more laid back and might not agree with the saying \"everyone should do the Comrades once in their life\" I think we would rather watch!
I agree that should one not understand the context of the photo, it could be rather overwhelming...colours and shapes. If however you are a South african the puzzle will take shape.
I could have taken a picture that was universally accepted, or I could have taken one thats for the local market, or more importantly in this case for me.
Medal.(reward) its for the Comrades marathon... the toughest ultra marathon according to many people. 89km over very mountaines terrain.Started just after the 1st world war by guy named Vic Clapham. He started the race way back in honour of fallen "Comrades' in the 1st World war" the toughness of the race to a large extent resembles the struggle of the veterans had and the comraderie amongst them, which you will also see amongst fellow runners in the race, helping each others. Rules have been changed a bit around this for health and safety reasons since people have been known to be carried over the finish line, just to die at the end, when in fact they should have recieved urgent medical attention.
You will notice its bronze, silver..For running under 9h00...the time reflected in the watch. 8H57. I Just made it lol. The medal is called a Bill Rowen, named after the first guy that broke the 9h00 barrier and if not mistaken maybe the first winning time.
The official colours of the race is the black and Gold/yeallow where the shoes I ran in coincidentally falls in line with this.
I took this pic more for personal reasons as this was a special race to me since it was my tenth, at wich time your racing number becomes your personal & permanent number, and you become a member of whats called the green number club. I also ran it with an injury which I should never have done, which made it one of my hardest Comrades to date. Lots of pain, but the reward was worth it, hence the reward theme I dont normally answer like this but if you are a sports fan, maybe i could interest you in joining us next year and you could be part of a large group of runners who do this as a challenge...as the saying goes here in SA. Everybody should do the Comrades at least once in their life. Cheers
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