Run Road Atlanta

Whew! Run Road Atlanta just raced by. I signed up to volunteer for my son's charter school fundraiser a year ahead, and before we knew it the first inaugural race was here and gone with success. We had over 300 participants, despite the looming thunderstorms, flash floods, and tornado watches. A challenging course, even for race cars, toughened racers on foot with it's rolling hills and twists and turns, all on the paved raceway that race cars travel with 700 hp. My duties? Just keep the twitter and facebook feeds rolling, respond to followers on social media, handle all graphics pre-race, and keep my sweet camera dry while capturing action shots admist the soaked environment and approaching storms. After all that, I feel like I ran the race myself! Thanks to a great race director, April Brass, the RRA planning team volunteers, sponsors, school staff, and participants who helped make this a great kick-start to an inaugural event. World Language Academy benefited from the race to enlarge their Spanish-English library. Next year I'd like to actually lace up my running shoes. As a general rule photographers are to avoid background mergers; I'm used to moving around and getting in uncomfortable positions to miss shooting those, but there was one on race day I couldn't resist. Some rules have to be broken, whether for creativity or for a good laugh. I found WLA's own principal, David Moody, standing in front of a Rolex sign hanging over the race track behind him. I couldn't resist capturing the shot which looked like a crown on his head - he is a king of principal afterall ...