Cowtown Marathon

One of the great things about living downtown is that most stuff happens here. One of the biggest disadvantages in living downtown is that most of stuff happens here. Today was the Cowtown Marathon. Every year since we moved downtown, we have had the blessing of the split between the half marathon and the full and ultra marathon happening right in front of our unit. The streets are nearly blocked off. thousands of runners. Supporters taking places along the route. Cow bells clanging. Dogs barking. Voices yelling, "Stay in the right lane."

Then there are the folks in their cars sitting waiting for the police to give them the go ahead to creep a few feet through an intersection and sit in the next blocks traffic jam. Some are calm. Many are angry.

Here is one of many flag bearers. Running a marathon I think would be tough enough, but running carrying a flag flapping in the breeze would be impossible. I bet this guy's arm is going to hurt a lot more than his legs tomorrow.