Austin Bun Run Photos 5K 10K Now Ready

One of my favorites from this morning

Well, as the title says, the Austin Bun Run 5K / 10K photos are now ready.  Schlotzsky's hosted this event and held two races, a 5K and a 10K this morning. The route started just off Guadalupe Street and headed west down Cesar Chavez at different distances for both races. Hadn't really planned on not being able to access the turnaround point over by the high school, but life goes on.

Also thought it was going to rain pretty heavily this morning like EVERY weather service predicted. As it turns out, not a drop.  Weather was perfect for running, probably around 70 when the 10K started out at 7:00 AM.  Didn't really heat up all that much by the time that race ended and the 5K started. Just perfect.

Bun Run route along Cesar Chavez at about 6:40

It was relatively dark when I first arrived on site, somewhere around 6:40 AM. I generally like to arrive much earlier, but the parking situation and the TOTAL closure of Cesar Chavez put me behind just a bit. I remembered one of the addresses I chose last night as a potential site, went to it, and it happened to be off just a bit in the GPS, however it did put me right in at the start point, which wasn't all bad.

Security wasn't heavy, but it was still present. Police officers stood guard in the crisp morning air over most of the intersections directly surrounding the start point. Drivers coming in from out of town had problems negotiating the parking arrangement downtown. Heard one lady apologize profusely to a police officer who tried to flag her down because she was headed the wrong way down a one-way street, but that was the only real challenge I saw with parking in the area. Not bad at all. The traffic flow for this event was very well organized, from my perspective at least.

Cesar Chavez with Auditorium Shores in the background

I won't say how many images I took from my position, but there were many. Way more than I'd ever planned on.  Tried to get one of you leaving near the course start on Guadalupe & Cesar Chavez and one coming back when you were headed home. Managed to get quite a lot of you, but apologize in advance if I missed some. That always happens, as there are nearly always a certain amount of images that were either not in focus or had bad composition (that's when you're covered up by someone else or I step through a storm sewer grate while I'm taking the shot!).

Seriously though, next time I'm bringing a chair.  Being a photographer on the sidelines looks like easy work, and for the most part, it is. However, doing the same thing over and over again for 3 1/2 hours gets to everyone. If you want to know what I mean, try holding your arms straight out in front of you for 5 minutes without moving them. Now multiply that by 36. You start to see how I'm feeling right now :)

It sure was great to see all of you out there today. I really enjoyed it. I see so much in each one of your faces and your expressions toward each other. Rarely do I see anything but love. And I love that.

That's it for now. Just wanted to give you a little insight into today just in case you're interested and don't forget, if you'd like to see your photos from this morning, visit the Austin Bun Run photos page or the CTX Images website.  The photos are inspirational. Trust me.