Sunfeast 10k Marathon Bangalore 2010

I decided to go shoot the Sunfeast 10k Marathon which took place on May 23rd, on a beautiful Sunday morning, in Bangalore. I left home early, parked my car on St.Marks Road, and walked all the way up to Vidhan Soudha, through Cubbon Park. The marathon began at 7am, first with the disabled people in wheelchairs, elite run for men and women, senior citizens run, and then the open 10k run which had the most participants.

It was a fun experience standing on the sidelines watching people run. Each one with his/her own unique style of running and the expressions on their face. Standing with a 70-300mm helped me get a good reach to capture people’s expressions. It also helped that almost everyone wanted a picture taken of themselves probably assuming I was a press person. 🙂

By the end of the event, I had probably walked 10 km myself, from 5 30am to 10 30am. We definitely need to continue this event every year as it epitomizes what Bangalore is all about, a welcoming…cosmopolitan..friendly city. It was a joy to watch people from all walks of life and places take part in such a happy event.

For the entire set of pictures from the event, see here: Sunfeast 10k World Marathon – FB