Yes, we have some bananas!

Lots of runners stopped by the refreshments table after the Freescale Marathon to grab some snacks. Bananas were very popular!

That's a tall order!

This fellow on stilts was posing with people after the Freescale marathon and lots of runners lined up to have their photos taken with him.

Let's hear it for the winners!

These fresh-faced youngsters were celebrating that they had finished the marathon.

Marathon aftermath

Congress Avenue was full of people after the Freescale Marathon -- runners and well-wishers.

Mime, mime. What a marathon!

This mime was only too happy to pose with people after the Freescale Marathon in February.

Gospel Marathon Morning

One more shot from the recent marathon -- this group, complete with a horn section, was rocking the gospel in front of City Hall near the start of the race.  Austin is called "The Live Music Capital of the World" for good reason.

Heading for home.

One more shot from the marathon last Sunday, looking east down E. 11th St. and is the last before the short home stretch.  The runners were turning south onto Congress Avenue and sprinting towards the finish line at the 8th St. intersection.  This photo was taken towards the tail end of the race.  If we had walked over about an hour before this, there would have been an absolute wall of people in this shot. Thanks to some high technology gadgets, the announcer was able to boom out the names of some of the runners at the finish just by looking at the numbers on their shirts.

Wrapping it up

Here you see runners who have finished the marathon last Sunday snagging goodies to jack up their blood sugar.  They also got these space capes which looked very high tech.

Carrying the Torch

The day before the big marathon in downtown Austin last Sunday, this runner was carrying some type of symbolic torch. He started his run across the street from our condo.  Linda walked out onto our balcony and snapped this shot.

Marathon Mariachis! Ole'!

Yep, in Austin, we don't do anything without a shot of music!  Here you see a mariachi band serenading runners gliding past.  The event was the Livestrong Marathon that happened on Sunday.