Training For A Marathon
Posted on July 17, 2008 - Filed Under Cool Ideas
One of J-ho’s shots from the World Air Guitar Championships
Everyone has a friend who can run a marathon without training. You know how it is … you wake up early to run, eat right and prepare for 3 months leading up to the race. Then your friend shows up slightly hung over and smokes your time. It’s annoying, but some people are naturally gifted. My friend J-ho is like this, except for photography. And he ran a “photo marathon” a couple of weekends ago.
Here’s how it works:
- You show up at Christie pits with an empty film camera at noon on Saturday
- They give you a 12 exposure roll of colour print film (200), and a theme card with 12 themes on it.
- You need to shoot your interpretation of each of the themes, but YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT for each, plus you have to shoot them IN ORDER
- Return the film to the same spot in 24 hours.
- You don’t get to see your shots until the exhibit.
Here’s what J-ho had to say about the experience:
It was interesting, but a ton of work, and actually quite stressful due to the time constraints. Took a lot more brainstorming and planning than actual shooting.
This Saturday they actually have an exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel. They post the photos anonymously for each them and people vote on them. Then the top three for each of the 12 themes are awarded. Be sure to check it out!
- Christian
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Zen…? I have a few awesome Zen pictures.
As for running well with little/no training - Timbits are the answer. I ate them before a race once and I recorded my best 10k time ever.