1998 Frostbite 10 Miler

Pre-Race Jitters

Photo 1: Alan Ruben, Ramon Bermo and Peter Allen are chatting outside the NYRRC building. Peter reminds everybody to look out for runner #3364 in the race. Or is that his lucky Pick-4 number of the day?
Photo 2: Joe Simonte is running this race, and probably every other race too (but not the 60K!). He has calculated that paying the benefactor fee with unlimited race entries is significantly cheaper for him.
Photo 3: Welcome to Peter Allen's personal changing room --- the middle of the roadway.
Photo 4: Bill Dunlop waves to a friend. He is using the iron barricades as props for stretching his muscles.
Photo 5: Jud Santos arrives late, looking dishevelled and even more bug-eyed than usual. He must have just tumbled out of bed and ran over in a total panic. After all, he does not want to be reported as being half an hour late to the race, like some other people did.
Photo 6: This photo shows that you don't have to be the race in order to get your picture taken and published. It helps if you dress in orange and can cheer loudly (Stacy Creamer), but you don't have to; in fact, you don't even have to be a Central Park Track Club member (Stu Calderwood).
Photo 7: Jud Santos, Alan Ruben, Ramon Bermo and Peter Allen are in the first rows of runners at the start. The orange color is surely eye-catching.
Photo 8: Harry Morales issued this challenge to the photographer, who has been getting on his nerves recently: "I'm going to take a leak in the bushes. Are you going to follow me too?" Yes, we did and we now share what we found with you. Boy, were we surprised! (Note: if you are too dim-witted to grasp the point, just read the note at the bottom of this page).

Family Album

Photo 11: Guess who was on the race course? The proud new parents Yumi Ogita and Casey Yamazaki. What perfect color coordination! Yumi wants to point out that there is no longer any evidence of the bulge around her waist! So don't ask again! You hear! She is tired of being asked about it.
Photo 12: In lieu of a real baby, here is the hospital picture of 2-day old Erika Maple Ogita-Yamazaki. Casey carries it with him and we took a picture of the picture while Casey held it in his hands (he was wearing the yellow gloves).
Photo 13: What about a picture of the whole family? Here we are. Well, this quality of this picture leaves a lot to be desired, but then the original was literally a thumbnail picture.

W86th Street (near 2nd mile mark)

Photo 21: Jud Santos looks like he is just rousing himself out of his slumber.
Photo 22: Ramon Bermo and Bill Dunlop are running in tandem. Ramon has been nursing a hamstring injury, but he thought that the team might need a fifth runner. So he was willing to pace Bill as far as he could and even finish the race if necessary. Hey, what team spirit!
Photo 23: Here is hard evidence that Harry Morales is cutting the course by stepping outside of the recreational lane, to the disgust of the other law-abiding citizens in the race. This is yet another offense in addition to his misdemeanour at the starting area.
Photo 24: For perhaps the first time in his life, Tyronne Culpepper appears to be starting out at a reasonable pace. Hey, doesn't this feel better?
Photo 25: Victor Osayi is right behind, and he would in fact maintain contact with Tyronne for the entire race.
Photo 26: A major advantage with running for a club is the cheering that you get from your non-racing teammates. In the case of the Central Park Track Club, you get cheers from club notables like Norman Goluskin and Irene Jackson.
Photo 27: Joe Simonte is chugging along in pursuit of yet another age-group award. Of course, he ran out of display space many years ago already.

Harlem Hill (5.5 mile in the race)

Photo 31: On weekends, people race or run with friends. Marty Stanton and Sadie are out for a run too. We think Sadie looks a lot more enthusiastic than Marty.
Photo 32: Roane Carey and Alan Ruben demonstrates teamwork. They would run shoulder to shoulder until the very end.
Photo 33: Hill-running is obviously no problem for the superbly conditioned Peter Allen. Just check out those leg muscles.
Photo 34: Jud Santos uses his polka dot jersey credentials to battle a New York Flyer. Jud would like you to know that he ran this mile in 5:49.
Photo 35: Ramon Bermo and Bill Dunlop are still together. At this point, Ramon probably knew that he could afford to drop out because Bill was cruising under control. Therefore, Ramon is all smiles and waving to his fans, but Bill did not have the appearance of being convinced yet.
Photo 36: Charlie Stark comes around the corner, only to find a camera looking at him and a big hill still ahead.
Photo 37: Rick Shaver is using the races to condition himself back into shape. He ran this 10 miler at a pace that was faster than his December 10K. His frequent racing appearances mean that he has quietly piled up a lot of media exposure points.
Photo 38: Ross Galitsky spotted the photographer, quickly dipped his hat and hoped to sneak by quickly. Sorry, Ross, this inept effort did not work at all. You merely look silly.

Home Stretch (East 88th Street)

Photo 41: As the race winner swept by, Aubin Sullivan wonders why her husband hasn't gone by already. How much longer does she have to stand in the cold for?
Photo 42: Just near the finish, Roane Carey opened a small (=3 seconds) gap between himseslf and Alan Ruben.
Photo 43: Here is a close-up of Alan Ruben. Alan could not afford to relax because someone was right behind him. Check out the intensity on the man's face, and ask yourself, "Are I ready to pay the price too?"
Photo 44: This is a three-person sprint finish. I would put my money on our Peter Allen, not necessarily on pure speed but definitely on determination.
Photo 45: Although there is not a soul within sight behind Jud Santos, he is still going all out in a race against the clock (more precisely, he needed to beat the Casey Yamazaki's PR of 57:39). Ultimately, this would be Jud's best 10 mile time inside Central Park, but still exactly one second short of that standard of excellence.
Photo 46: In last week's race, Charlie Stark was distracted by the lovely sight of the woman right in front of him. This week, he had no such distraction. How boring!
Photo 47: Harry Morales tried really hard to suppress a smile as he approached the photographer's spot, and he really burst out moments later. Harry will never be a good poker player.
Photo 48: Tyronne Culpepper dug deep into his memory bank to retrieve the 800m speed from his high school days.
Photo 49: Tyronne Culpepper could not afford to relax, as his shadow Victor Osayi was right behind him. Meanwhile, teammate Aubin Sullivan gladly cheered both of them on.
Photo 50: Ramon Bermo, who finally dropped out, and Audrey Kingsley came jogging by. The first photo of them did not come out well. So they were asked to retrace their steps for this shot. We are grateful for their cooperation. As it turned out, even this photo was slightly fuzzy. Can we have them come back again?
Photo 51: At long last, here comes Ross Galitsky. For this race, he decided to listen to the coaches' advice to start out slow and pick up later. He was not thrilled with the results. Towards the end, he saw this person in front of him who had obviously gone out too fast and was rapidly disintegrating. But try as he may, Ross could not close the gap. Next time, he vowed to revert to going out as fast as he can and then pray that he does not die too badly.

Post-Race Activities

Photo 52: Jud Santos gives a post-race interview about his inside-the-park home-run. Would you say this is the picture of someone who has had a good day? His time of 57:40 was a course PR by a whopping 1:14. However, according to the standard of excellence posted by his bed --- namely, the PRs of Casey Yamazaki --- he would have still fallen one second short of Casey's time at the 12/03/94 10 Miler. How did he do this on 20 miles of training a week? He had a normal dinner the night before, but he had a large helping of Spam (tm) for lunch, plus potato chips for dessert. (Note: Jud does not dispute the information, except that he actually ran 21.5 miles for the week).
Photo 53: Sam Li, Tyronne Culpepper and Harry Morales sharing post-race notes. What notes? I guess they have all done better before, and they have all done worse before. Well, that is in fact false, because Tyronne set a PR by a whopping 9 minutes 13 seconds. Of course, the fact that he has only run two 10 mile races in his life is immaterial.
Photo 54: This web photographer is known to have a proclivity for taking photographs of people in various stages of undressing. But here is a really unusual combination: Victor Osayi in a leather jacket and running shorts. I wager that you have never seen this combination of clothing before!
Photo 55: Ross Galitsky shows us how to tie shoelaces. This is no trivial matter, especially for triathletes, since that can affect mucho seconds in the transition.
Photo 56: A rare appearance by Mike Serrano, seen here with a friend.
Photo 57: At the finish area, Jiyon Lee asked, "So how did our women's team do?" As she was the only team member in the race, the question was put back to her, "So how did you do?" (Postscript: Actually, Carol Tyler and Lynn Blackstone were also in the race.)
Photo 58: We present Audrey Kingsley, our reluctant supermodel for the new Central Park Track Club jacket.

Note: As a family-friendly site, we cannot publish the photo of Harry's trip to the bushes. In its place, we have inserted a photograph of a phallic symbol, namely a statue of Christopher Columbus. This picture was taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Harry is undoubtedly irked at this misrepresenation, because he is from Mayaguez, not San Juan. But that was as close as we could get.