NYC Marathon

Storm Trooper
Originally uploaded by jbrau13.

About 37,000 ran in it and it felt like there were almost as many people watching. One guy had a big blue afro, and others had tape on their nipples. People had water bottles attached to funny places. A few were wearing backpacks that held water and had a little tube to drink from. Some people watching were handing out bananas to the runners. One guy was offering them donuts, but I didn't see anyone take one. I didn't see anyone give any runner any paper towel, but they all seemed to have them. They would wipe their sweaty faces with them and

throw them on the street

. This guy was in a Storm Trooper costume.