MARATHON COURSE PHOTOGRAPHS BY PARTICIPANT RUNNER DURING THE RACES!

WEB SITE OF  MARATHON MANIAC  MEMBER NO. 2352
Dr. Rodney "Pygoya" Chang is a member of the Marathon Maniacs club

  www.marathoncoursephotos.com   
   
I run hundreds of miles to provide runners a glimpse of great scenery and landmarks of
some of the world's running marathons as I look for art in the running. I search courses to 
render one or more paintings from  scenery along the race course.  For runners, my photo-
documentation of courses provide information on course terrain, crowd support, landmarks,
and weather possibilities for the annual races.  I also try to capture the spirit of the event.

- Pygoya(aka Dr. Rodney Chang) artist/photographer/dancer/novelist/dentist/marathoner/ufo enthusiast

ART OF THE MARATHON : 2005-2010  
- BY RODNEY PYGOYA CHANG

Big Island Marathon, Hilo, Hawaii - 3/2005 (5:45)
Eugene Walk With Me Marathon, Eugene, Oregon - 6/05 (4:45:59)
Maui Marathon, Maui, Hawaii - 9/05
Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, HI - 12/05 
New Las Vegas Marathon, Las Vegas, Nevada, 12/10/06  oops
P.F. Chang Rock n' Roll Arizona Marathon,Phoenix,Arizona,1/14/07 (4:52:44)
Kona Marathon, info on Marathon, Keauhou-Kona, Hawaii, June 24, 2007 Map (5:59)
Kilauea Volcano Wilderness Marathon,Volcano, July 28, 2007, toughest in world (7:08)
Portland Marathon, Portland, Oregon, October 7, 2007
Los Angeles Marathon, Los Angeles, California, March 2, 2008 (5:27)
San Diego Rock n' Roll Marathon, San Diego, CA, June 1, 2008 (5:26)
San Francisco Marathon, San Francisco, CA, August 3, 2008 (4:55)
Seattle Marathon, Seattle,WA, November 30,2008 (5:03)
New Orleans Marathon, New Orleans, LA, February 1, 2009 (5:14)
Nashville Rock n' Roll Marathon, Nashville, TN, April 25, 2009 (6:28:55 - Hot 87F) News   Fatality  Results
Minneapolis Marathon, Minneapolis, MN, May 31, 2009 (6:13 - Hot 84F)
Kauai Marathon, Kauai, Hawaii, September 6, 2009 (6:08-rolling hills))
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Indianapolis, IN, Nov.7, 2009
Little Rock Marathon, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 7, 2010 (5:39)
Big Island International Marathon, Hilo, Hawaii, March 21,2010 (5:36) Inducted into Marathon Maniacs! (2 marathons in 2 weeks)
Big-D Texas Marathon, Dallas, Texas, April 11, 2010 (5:57)
Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Oklahoma, April 25, 2010 (5:40)
Missoula Marathon, Missoula, Montana, July 11, 2010 (5:29:31)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12, 2010
Maine Marathon, Portland, Maine, October 3, 2010
Indianapolis Marathon, Indianapolis, IN, November 6, 2010
Las Vegas Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, L.Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 6, 2010
Maui Oceanfront Marathon, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, Jan. 24, 2011
Jacksonville Marathon, Jacksonville, Florida, February 13, 2011
Washington DC Marathon, Washington DC, March 26, 2011

http://www.foxvalleymarathon.com/event_info/course.htm
COMMENTS- (send to -  email )

Hi.  I am a marathon maniac known as the medal guy.  Are you a maniac?  I couldn't find you, but you advertise them. 
I just wrote an article for Marathon and Beyond.  Due out May/June issue.  
I think I will send your page to them as you are quite good and they may like your art work.  I know I do.
Your pics are amazing!!!!  Drop me a quick line if you could.  See you on the road, Paul  - Feb. 2010

 (Running 2 marathons in 16 days or 3 marathons in 90 days qualifies for Marathon Maniac  membership at  the Bronze level 
  - see other levels' criteria @ MarathonManiacs.com )

Dr. Chang,

I am certain that Indianapolis will not be too hot on November 8.
The Minneapolis photos were excellent.  If I ever entered the Minneapolis Marathon 
I feel I would know what to expect.  
I had the opportunity to run the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon on May 31, 2009.  
The course seemed very familiar because I had seen your photos before running it. 
 
Chicago would be a great course to photograph.  I have entered Chicago four times and
 I am always impressed by the number of spectators lining the course.  The buildings and the neighborhoods are interesting too.  
 
Sincerely,
D. Dudek
Summer, 2009

It was with great pleasure that I reviewed the photos of the BIIM course that you have shared with the world.  Thank you!  In self interest, I am wondering if you could e-mail me photo #15 (counting from beginning photo that is posted) that was taken at the start----I am dead center, #954 in the white shirt and it is the only photo I have of me in the event!  I neglected to take my camera that day thinking that there would be photos of all finishers, but alas, I missed being photoed crossing the finish line.  Next best is that I would be able to get a photo e-mailed of me at the start.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could e-mail this photo to me.
Thank you very much,  F.H., New Mexico  5/12/2010

Subject:     Big D Finisher Certificate
Date:     Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:08:36 -0500
From:     Sherry Herndon <sherry@mellew.com>


Thank you for your participation in the 2010 Big D Texas Marathon. Marathon finisher, Dr Rodney Chang of Hawaii 
took some incredible photos of the entire marathon. To view -

http://www.marathoncoursephotos.com/Dallas2010/index.html

Wow -- this is incredible!  You have done an amazing job -- do you do this for all the 
marathons that you run?  It's like a great present!  And I really appreciate your opinion that
we are the No. 1 Scenic Country Road Marathon -- I'll pass it on to the Course Director who 
worked very hard on finding a course that people from many parts of the country and the world
will appreciate.

Thank you so much for running the Missoula Marathon.

Jen

Jennifer Straughan
Race Director
Missoula Marathon
PO Box 7965
Missoula, MT  59807
jen@runwildmissoula.org

Pygoya, the Running Photographer

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Piece of personal history - running a marathon by myself

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RUN THESE MARATHONS AND TRY TO FIND THESE BEAUTIFUL SCENES 
ALONG THE WAY!

Eugene Oregon Marathon Art Finds -2009

Las Vegas Marathon - on the Strip - 2009

Maui Marathon Art Discovered - 2009

Hilo Marathon Art Treasures -2009

 Volcano Marathon Art Eruption 2009

Runner's Honolulu Downtown Gallery - Pygoya Gallery

If you have photos of marathon routes, please email me. I will create web pages and give credit to you as photographer/runner.  Comments on the course and on specific photographs are very much appreciated!  

Or   I pay your entry fee for a marathon for photographs on the course, to include photos of each of the
posted mile markers of the race.  Send photos for review.  If the photos are excepted upon inspection, I pay (reimburse you) 
the entry fee for the race.  If payment is made for the race, no credit is provided online as to identity of the photographer.

I am especially keen to get course route photos of the following marathons - Boston, Chicago, New York City, Dallas, Miami & Marine Corps

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From MarathonGuide.com - about our sport:

There were nearly 468,000 marathon finishes in the USA in 2009 - an increase of approximately 9.9% over 2008. That's the largest year-to-year growth in finisher numbers since MarathonGuide.com began keeping industry records in 2000 and surpasses even the year-to-year growth seen in the abnormal year of 2001 to 2002 when travel and finisher numbers were down in 2001 after 9/11, leading to the unrealistic growth percentage in 2002. As has been the trend, women continued to make up a higher percentage of the total finishers, reaching a record 40.5% of finishers in 2009. We're finishing up our reports and will have the full report before the end of January.

The first decade of the new millennium saw marathoning changed forever, as professional athletes ran faster than their predecessors had ever imagined. On the men's side, the 2:06 barrier that was broken just once before 2000, was surpassed 24 times, while the world record was pushed below the seeming impossible barrier of 2:04. After a drought in the 90s through 2000, American distance runners emerged as formidable competitors, earning medals at the Olympics and other high profile international races. The 21st Century was also a new era for the female marathoner with record numbers drawing to the sport; and a new female marathon world record from Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25) in a time that may never be beaten.

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