Took me a while v2 wrote:
I am just sick of all of this. It is so rotten and mean. Frank is a wonderful man, a fantastic fluid runner and a marvellous human being. To be honest he has become my reason for living. Saving him and saving his reputation is arguably just as important as saving an endangered species. Yes, I said it. Men like Frank are in danger of dying out. Real men brought up in adversity, who are humble, help others and make something of themselves. He deserves to be left alone.
Granting your wish that he be left alone. He must have been all alone somewhere near the six mile mark in the race. Because he ain't in the pix....
I held this one back a while because these photos don’t typically show up in the collections you can search via bib number. The photos are lower res, and the bibs are hard to see. But the colors runners are wearing are easy to see. So, my methodology from the prior posts should help with this one.
https://imgur.com/a/65gJOp4This fixed camera was on Glendale Boulevard, right near Echo Park. This would put the camera at just before the 6 mile mark. And also just before the 10K mat. Based on the aspect ratio of the photos and the distance runners get between frames, I’m thinking it’s a GoPro on a one-second time lapse. That’s especially helpful, because you can count one second between each of the photos and determine how far apart the runners were at this point.
End of the fourth row in the series is #1299. You can tell him by his red shirt and blue shorts. He crossed 10K at 7:35:58 a.m.
In the ninth row, you can see one of my favorite of our old friends, #22397 in the yellow top and red shorts. He waved at pretty much every camera he passed on the course, I think. He crossed 10K at 7:36:18.
The last in the series has our old friend #19087, the woman in the bandana and sunglasses. She crossed 10K at 7:36:29.
Frank crossed 10K at 7:36:07, or a mere 9 seconds after #1299, 8 seconds before #22397, and 22 seconds before #19087.
But in this series right before the 10K mat, Frank’s nowhere to be seen.
Yes, he's all alone somewhere. Just not here.