Photo Finish
For Friday, December 12, 2008
By Star-Bulletin Photographers
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 12, 2008
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
The analysis of a runner’s gait has gone high tech. Here, “pacer” Annie Kawasaki pointed out details of how runner Yuji Yamamoto’s feet landed while running yesterday during testing by Nike at this year’s Honolulu Marathon Expo at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. More than 22,000 runners, race walkers and wheelchair athletes are expected to participate Sunday in the race.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
German runners Edwina Wittig, left, and her husband, Thomas Wittig, of Frankfurt tried out a massaging device known as “The Stick,” as demonstrated by Micah Piedvache.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
The ever-present merchandising push was aimed at runners and nonrunners alike as Japanese visitor Tomoko Ogura tried out sports sunglasses at the expo.