Race anxiety.It plagues the pro’s, the amateurs, the age-groupers. I guess it can get to kids, too.
As a large group of kids were warming up before a series of children’s races prior to the Robinson Preserve Twilight 5K, I spotted these two young racers in the crowd.
They were surveying their competition with as much bravery as they could muster and shoring up their confidence with the strength that can only be provided by the presence of a good buddy holding your hand.
They soon learned what most of us figure out sooner or later.
When your legs start moving and the thrill of the race is on, worries and doubts are left in the dust.
Soon they were bedecked in medals and proudly posing for photographs.
Worries? Nope.
Until next time.
---Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
After the race was a different story...victory!
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
No comments:
Post a Comment