{"id":223739,"date":"2025-10-19T03:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/223739\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T03:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:54:20","slug":"french-photographer-hits-crazy-sprint-at-2025-chicago-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/223739\/","title":{"rendered":"French photographer hits crazy sprint at 2025 Chicago Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/world-relays-risks-major-collision-for-crazy-camera-angle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some photographers ride Segways to keep up with elite runners<\/a>, others just train for it\u2013and for French photographer Alexis Adrian, that training came in handy when he had to sprint alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/conner-mantz-shatters-american-half-marathon-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conner Mantz<\/a> at Sunday\u2019s 2025 Chicago Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian, who is originally from France but has been residing in Montreal for the past nine years, was photographing Mantz for a brand. \u201cI started shooting at the start line, then in Chinatown,\u201d he told Canadian Running. \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t super happy with the shots or the lighting there.\u201d He proceeded to run a few more blocks, and waited with his telezoom (long range shooting lens); when Mantz passed by, Adrian dropped the lens and raced after him to grab better shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of instinctive,\u201d Adrian admitted. \u201cHonestly, I wasn\u2019t ready for that speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149159 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/566654059_829213803096035_1172983291046145830_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Alexis Adrian\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/443;\"\/>Alexis Adrian racing at the Sierre-Zinal trail race. in Switzerland. Photo: C\/O Alexis Adrian<\/p>\n<p>The photographer, who also participates in trail running, cycling and \u201call kinds of mountaineering sports,\u201d says it\u2019s not unusual for him to have to race after runners\u2013especially on the trail. \u201cI\u2019m not the type to stay in one place and wait for the shot,\u201d he said. \u201cI like to run and follow the athletes\u2013I just can\u2019t do it for 26.5 miles, though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once, Adrian says, he even ran and hiked 38 km with 2,800m of ascent during the Hardrock 100 ultramarathon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149129 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/564504734_1339943057538265_1375860378978673645_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Connor Mantz\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\"\/>Connor Mantz running a North American record at the 2025 Chicago Marathon. Photo: Alexis Adrian<\/p>\n<p>Adrian successfully got the shot of Mantz, who <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/conner-mantz-shatters-american-half-marathon-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went on to become the fastest marathoner in U.S. history<\/a>, clocking 2:04:43 for fourth. Mantz not only smashed his previous personal best of 2:07:47 but also lowered\u00a0Cam Levins\u2019s North American record to under 2:05.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While some photographers ride Segways to keep up with elite runners, others just train for it\u2013and for French&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[107121,107122,76,354,355,49,48,107123,356,75,8538,29412],"class_list":{"0":"post-223739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-2025-chicago-marathon","9":"tag-alexis-adrian","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-arts-and-design","12":"tag-artsanddesign","13":"tag-ca","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-conner-mantz","16":"tag-design","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-photographer","19":"tag-running-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}