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(WARNING: Read the questions in sequence.  Peeking at the answers will ruin your enjoyment.)

Q1. There are some people on this club who seem to know everyone in Central Park.  As a consequence, they cannot run for 50 meters before stopping to chat with someone.  Other things being equal, which one of these people would take the longest time to run a six mile loop in the park for this reason?
1. Stacy Creamer
2. Sid Howard
3. Audrey Kingsley
4. Joe Simonte

Q2. There are also some people on this club who seem to know everyone at the Armory.  As a consequence, they cannot get out of the building in less than one hour after the track workout.  Other things being equal, which of these people would take the longest time to leave?
1. Stacy Creamer
2. Sid Howard
3. Audrey Kingsley
4. Tony Ruiz

Q3. A rookie runner has the opportunity to set PR's frequently across multiple distances.  Which one of the following rookies had the most number of personal records set in the year 1998?
1. Carol Tyler
2. Carsten Strandlod
3. John Sargent
4. Raphael Devalle

Q4. There are some multisports people on the club who participate in all types of sports activities --- indoor/outdoor track, cross country/road/trail races, short, middle, long and ultra distance running, backward running, vertical running, trailing running, sprint/distance/ultra swimming, water polo, sprint/distance/ultra bike races, mountain biking, indoor/sprint/half ironman/ironman/double ironman triathlons, adventure racing, rowing, wall climbing, mountain climbing, rock climbing, alpine/cross country ski races, body building contests, etc.  Which one of these people covered the broadest range of activities in the past 3 years?
1. Stacy Creamer
2. Ross Galitsky
3. Stefani Jackenthal
4. Scott Willett

Q5. Some people on the club seem to have been around forever.  Which one of these people has the longest tenure on the club?
1. David Blackstone
2. Lynn Blackstone
3. Jack Brennan
4. Frank Handelman

Q6. Some people on the club are known for running gratuitous distances in order to enter those nice, big and round numbers into their running logs.  Other things being equal, which one of these people logs the most gratuitous distance per week?
1. Blair Boyer
2. Stuart Calderwood
3. Audrey Kingsley
4. Casey Yamazaki

Q7.  Some people on the club have appeared on television for their sports activities.  Which one of these people have logged the most number of on-air minutes?
1. Alan Ruben
2. Pat Tuz
3. Jon Weilbaker
4. Scott Willett

Q8. Some people on the club are elite cyclists.  Pound for pound, which one of these people is considered the best cyclist?
1. Noel Comess
2. Stefani Jackenthal
3. Lucho Herrera
4. Scott Willett

Q9. Some people on the club are known to have a meticulous knowledge of Central Park, to the point of having a detailed mental map of the locations of all the lampposts.   Which one of these people is considered to be the master of them all?
1. Ed Coplon
2. Alan Ruben
3. Jud Santos
4. Casey Yamazaki

Q10. Some people on the club are known for being fierce competitors.  The word 'lose' is simply not in their vocabulary.  Other things being equal, which of these people is considered the fiercest competitor?
1. Mary Rosado
2. Tony Ruiz
3. Anselm Labourne
4. Scott Willett


ANSWERS

1. Not sure what the answer is.  I have given up running with any one of them.
2. Not sure what the answer is.  I have given up waiting for any one of them.
3. Not sure what the answer is.  I have given up counting the number of PRs that they have set.
4. Not sure what the answer is.  I have given up tracking them.
5. Not sure what the answer is.  I have not been around that long to know.
6. Not sure what the answer is.  I don't know because they will not asterisk their mileages as being gratuitous.
7. Not sure what the answer is.  I did not time their appearances with a stopwatch.
8. Not sure what the answer is.  I don't understand what pounds have to do with this in any case.
9. Not sure what the answer is.  I think I am going to move a lamppost or two just to mess them up ...
10. I actually know what the answer is for this one.  But if I name that person, the other three would kill me because they hate to lose.

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