the Paris marathon

Stunning day - hot already at 9.45 a.m.

Police boats patrol, helicopters overhead. Tension mounts. And you can see I'm ready with my camera.

The first wheelchair athletes speed past,

then the police cars, and there they

are at 9.59,

the elite gods of running,

seven Africans in a pack, all leg and bone.

I was shooting into the sun, clapping and

trembling. They went

by so fast - running since 8.45 a.m.,

this is their 25th

kilometre. Unbelievable.