October 10, 2004

Millenium Park

PA090001 The faces on the Crown Fountain change every 13 minutes.
PA090003 The mothership (officially the "Cloud Gate") has landed.
PA090012 The Great Lawn and Pritzker Pavilion.
PA090007 The Pritzker Paviliion looks like it was designed by Frank Gehry, probably because it was designed by him.
PA090061 Not actually part of Millenium Park, but we wondered if it might be a hangout for runners.

Mile 3

PA100017 Pacer John Yuda (43) in front; eventual winner Evan Ratto (KEN) (1) isn't far back.
PA100022 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM) leads the women's race.
PA100024 Stuart Calderwood
PA100025 Stuart Calderwood
PA100026 Bob Holliday
PA100027 David Newcomb

Mile 13

PA100041 Does that include Constantina Tomescu-Dita?
PA100042 The lead pack.
PA100043 Khalid Khannouchi (USA)
PA100047 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM), still in the lead.
PA100048 Nuta Olaru (ROM) (112) and Svetlana Zakharova (101) (RUS), last year's winner, lead the chase pack.
PA100050 Marla Runyan (USA)
PA100051 Jenny Spangler (USA)
PA100053 Stuart Calderwood
PA100056 Any race is easier when you have music.
PA100058 David Newcomb proves too fast for the photographer.

Mile 26

PA100064 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM), about to claim her first marathon victory.
PA100066 Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)
PA100069 Stuart Calderwood
PA100070 Stacy Creamer relays news of Stuart's race to an unknown party.
PA100072 David Newcomb
PA100077 Next time you feel bad at the end of a race, be glad you're not this man, who was forced to stop for several minutes before he could limp the last 385 yards of the race.
PA100078 Yes, that is a New Balance logo on that man's head. No, we don't know how much they paid him to wear it.
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