San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon

1. Kenyan Nixon Machichim racing to the finish line to take first place in the San Diego Rock and Roll marathon on June 3, 2012 with an amazing time of 2:10:03
2. Desta Gebrehiwot on his way to a 2nd place finish in the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon on June 3, 2012 with a time of 2:10:13, just ten seconds behind winner Nixon Machichim
3. Tesfaye Sendeku heading toward a 3rd place finish in the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon on June 3, 2012



I was in San Diego early Sunday morning to photograph the Rock and Roll Marathon. Here are photos of the top five fastest men and women finishers.

As I was checking the site for race times I noticed how often some race photographers cut runners off at the knee or mid-shin when there was no compositional reason to do so. As a former athlete I want to see the look on their face, I want to see their muscles straining, I want to see a runner's feet in the air, I want to see how he moves. Don't amputate the most important part of a runner's body!




4. Weldon Kirui sprints toward the finish line for a fourth place win in the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon on June 3, 2012
5. Patrick Ivuti heads toward a 5th place finish in the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon on June 3, 2012
6. Russian Alevtina Ivanova comes down the home stretch to be the first woman to cross the finish line in the Rock and Roll San Diego marathon on June 3, 2012



7. Meseret Legesse comes down the home stretch to finish 2nd in the Women's Elite division of the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon on June 3, 2012 with a time of 2:28:00
8. Woynishet Girma comes down the home stretch to finish 3rd in the Women's Elite division of the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon on June 3, 2012 with a time of 2:33:59


9. Silvia Skvortsova in the home stretch of the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon, finished 4th in the Women's Elite division with a time of 2:23:10
10. Lyudmila Biktasheva finished 5th in the Womens Elite division of the San Deigo Rock and Roll marathon on June 3, 2012 with a time of 2:34:18