38th annual Seattle Marathon 
November 30, 2008

Photo-documentation by the "Running Photographer," 
Rodney "Pygoya" Chang for MarathonCoursePhotos.com
All images -   Rodney Chang Copyright 2008

COURSE PHOTO DOCUMENTATION

Backtracking on Lake Washington Blvd

15 miles in Columbia City area

Close to Mt. Baker Park

My Foggy Marathon! (But I'd take it over volcanic vog - looks the same - any day)

What a relief!  At Frank Park area

Lesch Park

Starbucks Coffee first opened in Seattle

Still on Washington Lake Blvd E

Madrona Park

19 as we leave Madrona Park area

Now ran 20 miles in the fog- very cool!   Now leaving the lakefront part of  Washington Blvd E

Seattle's history included shipbuilding and the Klondike (Alaska) Gold Rush  frenzy, then later aircraft building
(Boeing), and high tech - think Bill Gates, Microsoft and  the expansive dot-com culture

21 miles at the Broadmoor area

A sidestreet along the run

Washington Park

22: between  Montlake and Capitol Hill residential areas of Seattle

It is still November (Nov. 30th) (had turkey this week)

Louisa Boren Park

23 - close to Montlake or northern end of Seattle, close to Portage Bay to the north

Edge of Portage Bay

Crossing highway 520

A public school

Heading south, back to the downtown area

Going under Interstate 5 between the 23rd and 24th miles of the run

Industrial lakefront along Lake Union

Note downtown in the distance to the left

Almost there!  Heading on Republican St.

A nice long downhill after 25 miles makes it a pleasant run to 26 or the finish.

However, inner city/industrial is your visual environment

A lone pine tree points the way

Seattle is a clean city with it's graffiti controlled.

Hello "26!".... I love you.  Instead of a potty, how about a makeup compartment for the ladies for their upcoming
PHOTOFINSIH?

The final leg for only 2558 marathoners (6 hr. time limit; Honolulu Marathon draws around 30,000 a year wtih
it's no-time-limit "people's marathon" policy)

Coming through "my tunnel" into a football field
(thanks wife Erlinda, awaiting my arrival, for the great photo-shot)

Thanks for being there, Erlinda!

Approaching the Finish Line, zig-zaggin arond all those officials milling around.

Other side of the Finish line

Dr. Rodney Chang and wife Erlinda

With running partner Willerie of Seattle/SF

She just completed her 3rd marthon (Seattle is my 26th)

Walk from Finish Line to the monorail

The Space Needle - not much of a view from up there today.

Erlinda calls son Bronson at USC to inform him Pappa has completed the run.

We get to the monrail station. $3 a ticket

Taking the monrail back to the hotel

Mission accomplished.  Afternoon flight back to Honolulu.

In a shop at this stop of the monorail in downtown, close to The Westin Seattle; one of Willerie's sisters works there.

Thank you Seattle, for a memorable marathon race!

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