Great leap forward @ Army Half Marathon

While shooting quite a monotonous scene of joggers at the Army Half Marathon, this guy decides to take a leap, flying high in front of my camera. Caught me by surprise, because as he did he, he also went “Hoi!” Don’t understand the rationale behind it, but it turned out to be my favourite shot.

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And then there was this guy who borrowed the occasion for a surprise proposal. He ran with a card near the finish line, with the words “Xinyi, will you marry me?” The MC got his very bashful girlfriend to raise her hand. He got on bended knee, steady as a bee, she curled in part embarrassment, part elation, quickly slipping on the ring so that he could get up and ran past the finish line. How sweet and original! Most memorable, and costs nothing, kudos to the couple!

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And then, there were also all other runners which were very inspiring, got me all psyched up for training!

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