Tag: sports photography

Here is the only photo I can find of the Kaiser Half this past weekend. It doesn’t look terrible, but it doesn’t look so awesome either.

And, really, the only reason it doesn’t look terrible is because you can’t see the expression on my face up close and also I tend to stop shuffle-squat-running when I near the finish. Most of the time in running races, if you could see the expression on my face it would probably look something like this (from Chicago and actually a different (color) tanktop and pair of shorts, they just look the same):

Or my favorite:

And, apparently, that tanktop, despite being my favorite running tanktop and totally looking hot in TRX class, does not do me any favors during a race.

Triathlon photos, on the other hand, always look WAY better. This is mysterious, but clearly it’s also the primary reason to do triathlon. For one, you can count on looking cool on the bike. Throw on some aerobars and who doesn’t look cool on the bike? (OK, actually if there was a photo from my first year when my seat was so low that I actually had to reach up to my aerobars, it would not look cool.)

But, still, see:

And, even on the run, photos from triathlon tend to make me look focused, not necessarily fast — I have got the triathlon shuffle down — but serious and skinny. And, I don’t make weird faces when I’m running in triathlon.

I really don’t have an answer to why someone would photograph running like a normal person after swimming and biking, but not when just running. I always hope I’m going to look really cool in running photos, too. I go and eagerly check the race photographer’s website. I even tried to remember to smile a few races — although since I have a dead front tooth now I am no longer smiling in photos. Nothing worked.

I should probably resign myself to looking ridiculous. And very pink. Though I am open to suggestions??

Here is the best photo of me from a running race. And, why does it look good? Because you can’t see my face. Duh.