Kansas City MS Challenge Walk

cletus

This weekend the Kansas City chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society held their 2008 Challenge Walk. The Challenge Walk is a three day event during which participants walk a total of 50 miles. I have had the pleasure of working as a volunteer for the past four Kansas City challenge walks. This year my volunteer duties allowed me to do some picture taking.


Finish - Day Two (Saturday)



Hanging out at the finish - Day Two


Approaching the finish - Day Two


Prefinish area - Day Three (Sunday)


On day three (Sunday) the route has a "prefinish" area. Once all the walkers are in prefinish they walk the final mile to the "official" finish line as a group.

Prefinish - Day Three


Prefinish medial area - Day Three


As you can imagine, 3 days and 49 miles take their toll on some of the participants.

Prefinish - Day Three


In the prefinish area walkers put on their "day 3" shirts. Most of the walkers have blue shirts. Those walkers who have been diagnosed with MS wear orange shirts.

Coming into prefinish - Day Three


Final mile - Day Three


Final mile - Day Three


Volunteers behind the scenes, finish - Day Three




Hope you enjoyed the pics, thanks for looking.

-Eric

anwmn1

cletus wrote:

Hanging out at the finish - Day Two



Prefinish - Day Three


Prefinish medial area - Day Three





Hope you enjoyed the pics, thanks for looking.

-Eric

I like these the most - together they give a very good feel of how tiring but rewarding such an event is.

Some tighter cropping and PP could make these really great.


Nice work

cletus

anwmn1 wrote:

Some tighter cropping and PP could make these really great.

Thanks Aaron for the comments.


Would this be a step in the right direction?

• Moved the crop in a bit
• Played around with the color balance a little
• Bumped up the contrast
• Did some touch up work here and there