The Greenland 50K is a trail race outside of Greenland Colorado. Good luck finding the town. It is tiny. Anyway, I’ve photographed the race for a few years now. This year, I hired a second photographer, Matt Oscadal, who hiked the million miles down the trail to photograph the runners on the course - he did a fantastic job on the action shots. Meanwhile, I stayed at the finish line and photographed portraits of willing race participants. Here’s a few of my portraits from the day.
Daughter and Mother . . . windy - do you think?
Group of friends,"representing."
Smoking Guns . . .
Innocent little smile . . . yeah, well, Melanie Fryer dropped the hammer, and secured the course record in 4 hr, 3 minutes and 33 seconds. Go super Girl, Go!
This is more like it. Melanie Fryer's Stoic-Super-Human-Stance. . . . and she still has a grin . . . BTW. In all of her running pictures she's smiling. People, she ran for over 4 hours! Heck, I don't know if I can drive for that long without a break . . . .
I can’t remember his name now, but I believe he recently moved from Pennsylvania to Colorado, and then decided to run a 50K. Hmmm . . . . yeah, that’s awesome, and amazing.
And whoa . . . the lowly race director, Derek Griffith. If it weren’t for his vision, you could all be at home watching TV – that was a joke, kinda of. He is also the publisher of Colorado Runner Magazine. If you’re a runner who lives in Colorado, this magazine is the source. Check it out, buy it, get a subscription.
Now I hope we’re all inspired . . . leave the keyboard and go run! Well or read more posts.
I’m blogging on this a bit late, but the following photo was used in the February issue of Runner’s World. A special thanks goes to Jennifer Lee (left) and Kara Roy (right) for modeling (i.e. running) for me on moments notice in our huge October snowstorm. Thanks again ladies!
~SMG
Jennifer Lee and Kary Roy run in the snow down Mountain Avenue.
Jennifer Lee and Kara Roy and run down Mountain Avenue during our October snowstorm. Love the dedication ladies.
Gotta love the snow days! I looked out the window late one night and oh my goodness, it was coming down. I emailed a few friends and what you know we had a photo shoot. Both are super athletes . . .
Jenifer Lee and Kara Roy (Olympic Trials Qualifier in the Marathon) met me and Tuscan for a 20 minute shoot.
Kara Roy extraordinaire! She ran in the last Olympic Trials for the Marathon. As you can see she’s dedicated . . .
By the end my fingers were frozen and screaming for warmth, but I think we made it a wrap with a few great frames.
Kara Roy and Jennifer Lee taking a quick breather before resuming their run down Mountain Avenue in a snowstorm.
Next to Starbucks. 1/2 caff Grande Mocha for my wife (she’ll do anything for a Mocha). Pick her up on lunch break and then to a local park. Oh what’d you know, Tuscan is ready for the snow too . . . . . . . .
Marcie and Tuscan in the snow.
Tuscan hated it. It was really windy, but again a few successful frames. Gotta love the snow. Weeks later my fingers work again and so I’m finally typing this post.
