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Last month I went out to shoot the OKC Marathon for about the 5th time.  It’s a fantastic event in Oklahoma City that has the victims and survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing as it’s focus.  This year was even more unique in that there were several survivors from the Boston Marathon Bombing that did not finish the race.  These runners were given free admission into this marathon.  Security was incredibly high this year and I counted several snipers on rooftops near the finishI typically work the expo at this race but I dragged my feet for too long and there was snot a spot for us.  It was kind of nice for a change in that I didn’t have to work for two solid days leading up to the race.  I picked up a new lens for this race due to it’s incredibly dark start at 6:30.  The Canon 24mm 2.8 1.4 II is a lens that I have had my eye on for several years and this weekend gave me incentive to go ahead and pick one up.  I typically use my 200mm f2.0 for the start of this race, but this year I kept the 70-200 on my hip as my Canon 1Dx more than makes up for the advantage that bigger lens offers in low light.  This race was the second race for “Team Tensegrity” and our girls were the first female group to the finish in a time of 3:15.  My dad also had a team from Lawton and we all met up for dinner on Saturday night for a great meal at Nonna’s Italian Restaurant in Bricktown.  The race was great this year with some of the best weather on record.  I stuck around for about five hours this year and shot at least 500 images.  It was a great event as always and I consider it as part of my “must shoot” list every single year.  My other “must shoot” event is the Route 66 Marathon and we will be covering that race in mid November!  I’m catching up on several blogs so I’ll be posting for the next few days.  -Barnezy-

2013 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon