It really was a perfect morning in Duanesburg today for the 3rd annual Jog for Jugs 5K and Half Marathon. The photos from the day are ready for you to view and purchase! The photos are not only bib searchable with the snazzy ‘bib search’ feature, but – if you place your order prior to 5/20, you’ll get a couple of nice bonuses. First, you’ll get an automatic 10% discount on your entire order. AND you’ll also receive a totally free low resolution download of one of your photos. Check out our digital selections, too. We have a CD/DVD option to get all of your photos on disc! Photos have not yet been adjusted, but will be adjusted on order, if needed. And, please visit our FACEBOOK PAGE to register prior to 5/21 for a chance to win a FREE 5×7 from the day. Alright, you ready? On with the event recap…
Another phenomenal day in Chatham, at the 11th year of Sean’s Run. Feel free to visit our galleries HERE to view your photos! Also, we’d love to see you at our facebook page, where you can enter to win a FREE 5×7 from today’s event! Cool! If you order before 5/9, you get a couple of nice bonuses…READ ON…
Yup. It really was that much fun at the 2012 Albany Running Exchange Dodge the Deer! All 1200 or so photos are waiting for you! But first, why not visit us on facebook for your chance to win a free 5×7 from the day? You can also tag yourself and your friends in the album over there. Don’t like facebook? Don’t like free stuff? No problem! Head over to our gallery HERE! If you order before 4/29, you’ll get a 10% discount AND a FREE low resolution digital file from one of the photos you order! Click here to read on, for our take on the day!
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Spent an awesome afternoon with Jonathon and Caralynn the other day. They’re probably in the hospital delivering right now, but hopefully they’ll get a little peek at their gallery first! They also brought along their cute American Bulldog Sophie Alexis “I am not a pitbull” Holland along with them, which my puppy Dunkin’ appreciated very much, thank you! Oh, and they couldn’t help but bring baby Grace along, too. You can kind of see her in these photos. 
Congratulations, Hollands, and thanks so much for stopping by! Your full gallery is ready to go, but here are a few of my favorites from our time.
Wow! 1009 lovely photos are waiting for you over at our galleries HERE! Images are bib searchable where possible, and galleries have also been sorted by time to make life easier for you. Images have not been adjusted at all, but will be individually corrected when needed, prior to printing. If you are quick like a bunny, and place your order prior to 4/9, there are a couple of nice bonuses available for you. First, you’ll receive 10% off your entire order! And as if that’s not enough, you’ll also get a FREE low resolution digital copy of your image emailed to you! (If you order more than one image, just add which one you’d like as a download to your order notes). And if you’re feeling lucky, there is still time to join us on Facebook HERE for your chance to win a FREE 5×7 from the event! On to the recap;
Well, when I woke up on Saturday morning, I thought the Capital Region’s wish for a snowshoe race was finally going to come true. Of course, it would come true during a planned running shoe race – but you can’t have everything, right? Turned out that the light dusting of snow was just a prank, and by the time the 2012 Schenectady Firefighters Run for Your Life 5K started, the ground was bare, the clouds had spread out a bit, and 540 runners and walkers were ready to go. There was a slight modification to the course this year, which was pretty nice. The race start happened right outside the Central Park pavilion. In past years, runners had to trek about .20 mile to get to the start.
Prior to race day, runners had the chance to grab their packets, and a pasta dinner, at Bishop Gibbons school. But for those who waited, or the day of registrants, there was plenty to do while waiting for the 10AM start. Massages were offered, there were some pre-race snacks and drinks, and since this is the Capital Region, there was plenty of socializing happening. There were several groups taking part in the race, and the race also featured a ‘team’ category. Race Director Brian Demerest even had his own blue clad group of runners in “Team Demerest”. The race was to the benefit of the American Heart Association, so all proceeds went to a great cause.
Once the Firefighters’ Helmet Flame was lit, the runners took off around the 3.1 mile course. Nice, slightly rolling terrain and Central Park’s water and fauna made the course even nicer. A new course record was set this year by Chuck Terry, running for the Willow Street Athletic Club. (In computerese, there’s this thing called a ‘macro’. It lets you save some keystrokes when you are repeatedly typing something. I should probably get a macro for ‘Chuck Terry won’.) Nice job, Chuck! Females were led by our good friend Michelle Rosowsky. Michelle crossed at 20:20, and her run should help her get some speed up for her upcoming 50K!
539 others also crossed the line, and a few participants even took the time to tell us about the personal bests they achieved on the day. One finisher mentioned that he had taken over 9 minutes off last year’s time! Well done!
The day also featured an awesome one mile fun run, around the lake in Central Park. A blazing 4:13 mile took honors in that event, but every runner received a finishers medal for making the lap.
Thanks again to Firefighter Brian Demerest for bringing Five Pines Photography along. And a shout out to the timing crew from ARE Event Productions, led by Joe Hayter. They kept things moving, and of course entertaining, while timing this event.
So, head on over to the GALLERIES, and check stuff out. Don’t forget you can save your favorites, and even custom crop your photos! You can choose a FREE race logo on your image, or you can really set yourself apart with our fabu B&W with color runner add on. We also hope to see you on facebook!
Photos from the 2012 Runnin’ of the Green (Island) are now available to view and purchase! Photos have been tagged with your bib # where possible for easy searching, and the galleries are also arranged by time to make it easier to find your photos if your bib was hidden! You can view the gallery HERE. You can custom crop your photos, and all images will individually corrected on order, if needed. And check below the picture for a couple other cool things!
Want a shot at a FREE 5×7 on the day? Just ’like’ us on facebook HERE and leave your bib # in the post you’ll see! There’s also a nice little gallery there where you can leave some comments or tag you and your friends! Oh, and if you place an order prior to 3/26, you’ll get 10% off the entire order AND a FREE lo res download of one of your photos! Stock up now for the holidays! OK – on to our update…
Remember St. Patrick’s Day last year? Remember how the course marshals were standing up on top of the three foot snow banks lining the course. Well, global warming has come a long way, baby. This year, the day was gorgeous, bright and sunny. Race time temperature was in the low 50s, and steadily crept up during the event and the awesome kid’s runs. By the time I was walking back to the truck, it was already 65! The humidity stayed low throughout though, and I heard many runners say the weather was perfect for a four mile run.
Ed Gillen and a cast of dozens did a great job this year. The packet pickup at this sold out race was flawless, and the line moved quickly through the American Legion Post on Green Island. Early registrants were even able to score a (surprise!) GREEN technical racing T Shirt. And as an added bonus, EVERY finisher received a very cool ROG 4 Mile magnet. Sweet swag!
HMRRC and the USATF had the course perfectly laid out, and the slight modification from last year’s course didn’t seem to give anyone trouble. And of course, there were volunteers posted on the roads to provide direction where needed. Green Island emergency personnel were also on hand in the event they were needed. And hoards of spectators were lining the finish cheering on the runners, as the crew from ARE Event Productions timed and called the race.
A record setting 631 athletes crossed the finish line this year, led by 25 year old Alex Paley of Albany NY who crossed the finish at 20:19 for a 5:05 four mile pace. Women were led by 35 year old Sara Facteau who traveled from Peru, NY to compete. Sara kept up a 5:40 pace to cross in 22:29. In all, 35 runners paced at less than six minutes per mile. Maybe this should have been the Rockin’ of the Green!
There were also a number of runners completing their first ever race at the event, including many who were showing the green…a few kilts, green shoes, green shirts, green hats – and a few green bodies! Congratulations to all finishers, and a special shout out to those first time finishers, as well as any PRs on the day. Like this one;
And just like last year, there were THREE kid’s events! The post 4 mile events included a one mile fun run, a 200 meter AND a 400 meter run! Sweet fun for the whole family!
Thanks to Ed Gillen for bringing Five Pines Photography along. I hope you enjoy the gallery and find something you like. Don’t forget a couple of cool features…you can get the awesome Triple Print, featuring your three favorite photos from the day, and you can also request the FREE race logo be added to your photo! Oh, and our popular B&W/Color photo, where the athlete stays in full color while the rest of the photo is faded to a gentle B&W. Looks great! Enjoy these photos, and check out more in the galleries and on our FB page!
Five Pines Photography was part of another great Red Carpet last Friday. “Focus on Glenville” chose our Red Carpet/Green Screen service to capture some on site photos, and provide immediate 8×10 prints to their attendees. And, since we couldn’t bring NYC and the Bada Bing from HBO’s The Soprano’s all the way to Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia, we did the next best thing and brought our Green Screen technology along instead.
The celebrity for the evening was Vincent Pastore, star of HBO’s series The Sopranos. Mr. Pastore played Sal ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero in the series, and he is also starring in a few feature films hitting in 2012. He’s also a super nice guy, who had a blast joking around with the crowd! It was a pleasure to meet him, and to work with the Focus on Glenville group. And of course, I got in the shot…
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Awesome night with the ARE and the Five Pines PhotoBooth ‘O’ Fun! Check out all the pictures over at our facebook page HERE, and you can also download them or order prints at the store HERE!
Photos are now available HERE! You can search by bib #, and even custom crop your photos! Join us on facebook HERE for a few more photos, and to enter for a FREE 5×7 from the run!
Perfect timing…All the joys of running in a blizzard, without any of the hassle of actually having to strap <!–more–>on snowshoes! The snow was flying pretty well by the time the race kicked off at 9:45, but there was not enough throughout the trail to run in snowshoes. So it was YakTrax or trail shoes for most of the runners. Had it been run as a snowshoe race, the good folks at Dion Snowshoes would have been standing by with race rentals for a mere $5.
The eighth running of Albany Running Exchange Event Productions’ “Brave the Blizzard” snowshoe-ish 5K took place on Saturday 1/21 at a brand new venue. This year, the event ran at the Robert C. Parker school in Wynantskill, NY, a move from the last few years in Colonie, NY. But there were a couple of similarities…including the awesome pancakes following the completion of the run. Another constant from past years was the incredible volunteers inside and outside, courtesy of Albany Running Exchange.
One other change were a few ‘man made’ obstacles scattered around the course, in addition to the hilly, slippery, snow covered, root riddled trails that Mother Nature was kind enough to provide. There were some ice coated logs crossing the creek, and what seemed to be the runners’ favorite – a nylon spider web stretching across the trail.
Race Director Josh Merlis (Age 30[!] also wore the hat of Race Winner, crossing the line at 23:38. The first female finisher was 27 year old Karen Bertasso, who finished at 27:58. Baked treats were awarded to the top three finishers in each gender group…but based on the pancakes which were eaten, they probably waited until they got home to dig in to them. Thanks to Josh and AREEP for bringing Five Pines Photography along again this year!