We went to the pub yesterday to watch Ireland play South Africa in the Guinness Series 2010. Unfortunately South Africa were the better team and apart from a late rally that brought Ireland tantalizingly close to snatching a victory most of the match was forgettable. So much so that at one stage I took out my camera and decided to grab a few shots. It was a bit dark so I had to set the ISO quite high and that made the images very noisy but I like this one so I thought I’d post it up.

The Dublin City Marathon was on over the bank holiday weekend and the route takes it close to where I live. Conveniently from a photographic point of view it’s also around mile 20 where the legendary wall is supposed to lurk waiting for runners to bang into it. Many runners came by looking like they had started the race 500 meters away around the bend but many more came by looking like they were dragging the world behind them.

I dont think I’d ever be able to run even a half marathon so I admire anyone who made it to 20 miles and I hope all those who passed my camera finally made it to the finish line and woke up this morning with a deserved sense of achievement and pride.

I finally got out to take some photos over the June bank holiday weekend. The Bloom Festival, the Maritime Festival and the Dublin Flora Womens Mini Marathon. Despite the rain there was a huge supply of bottled water waiting for the finishers.