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:

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Saw Mayor White with some dignitaries:

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I got a photo in myself with the Mayor:

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Sun began to creep out:

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The runners line up:

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And they're off:

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

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Meet up with the runners around the courthouse buildings:

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More walking around:

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The Fingers Building:

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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:

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Finally made it to I-59 South:

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

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

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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.

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Adios
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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

I love Houston, thanks for the photos.

You're welcome guys.

Sweet photos. Love Houston. It's fun watching runs with alot of people. I'll never forget a couple of years ago after the Crescent City Classic, which is a 10K in New Orleans at the end of March, I rode the streetcar back to Downtown and it was packed with sweaty runners. I thought I was going to die. It was the most god-awful smell of humans I've ever encountered and I hope to God I never smell that again.

^^I guess you've never hopped an early Monday morning flight out of MSY? Good God! Talk about a god-awful smell coming off of people who stayed up too late, drank too much, and just want to pass out and sleep Bourbon Street off on their way back to Milwaukee. Disgusting!