Houston Marathon 2008 Photos (neighborhoods, live, office)

[RGV]

Never been to a marathon so I decided to check this one out. It started at 7:00 a.m. this morning. I got to the DT just before 6:00 a.m. and had time to walk about before the sun came out:





















































Saw Mayor White with some dignitaries:











I got a photo in myself with the Mayor:





Sun began to creep out:

















The runners line up:





And they're off:

















I left the podum I snuck onto and began to walk around:

































































Meet up with the runners around the courthouse buildings:





























More walking around:





















































The Fingers Building:








As I'm not originally from Houston, and don't know the DT area too good, I got lost. Actually, the pathway out and west was blocked because of the marathon. I found myself in the neighborhoods just west of DT and came across this little area:














Finally made it to I-59 South:





Came up upon the runners at the intersection of I-59 and 610 Loop heading north:





On I-10 west drove by the new medical office building at Memorial City:








And finally made it to my exit, with the new BP and other office buildings going up off in the distance of the Energy Corridor.





Adios

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[amyalta]

These are fabulous photos - thanks so much for posting them. Some of them even make Houston look beautiful!

[absolutrunnr]

Those are great photos of downtown and of the runners. Thanx for coming out to support us runners!

[RGV]

Thx for the comments. And, thx for keeping this thread alive.

[KennD]

Great pics! Thank you so very much!

[westres1]

Great Job!