27,848 feet waiting for the trigger …

Start of the Savannah Half and Full Marathons, November 3, 2012

The annual Savannah Rock and Roll Marathon, which winds through the many parks and neighborhoods in downtown Savannah (GA), begins with the pull of a trigger and the rise of the sun.  The start is not all at once, but in waves of a thousand at 45 second intervals.  The number of participants were half the number of feet.