marathon monday

i was walking down massachusetts avenue with some friends on marathon monday... the throngs of people that had filled the marathon route had all disbanded into their favorite watering holes.

 as we crossed the overpass with commonwealth avenue running below us, we saw this one old man, slowly chugging alone the marathon route.

it was really lovely, and sort of sad. we screamed wildly for him in encouragement, because he was near the end and still going, even though the crowds were long gone.

we know he made it, since we crossed his path 45 minutes later, walking home.