yesterday the suntrust national marathon passed in front of our house. it's the one day of the year that 1000s of people, who might otherwise never venture east of the anacostia river, get to see our little part of the city. to be fair, the runners who finish in less than 3 hours don't see much of anything, but, with our house at mile 23, we get of lots of joggers, limpers, and walkers. i'm sure that some who enter the race are a little apprehensive about having to run through SE. certainly, some make jokes with punchlines of crime, drugs, and poverty. but, if any of those stereotypes are challenged as the participants see that those cheering from the sidewalks and their porches are not unlike them, then the national marathon has served, what i hope, was one of its purposes.
the first runner....
the first woman....
and our mayor!
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