1998 Joe Kleinerman 10K

PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

  • Photo 1: Audrey Kingsley would like to document the fact that she got the number 747 for jet-like running.   Some sourpuss said, "That means you are going to crash."
  • Photo 2: Ramon Bermo would like to document the fact that Carmine Petracca wore the club uniform for the first time.  What will happen to his collection of pink, green, purple, red, black, etc singlets?
  • Photo 3: Victor Osayi runs right into a photographer, when the race start is still 5 minutes away.
  • Photo 4: Ramon Bermo wants to assure people that he does not work with weights.  Who is going to believe him?
  • Photo 5: Tyronne Culpepper looks like as if he is counting the number of beers that he drank at the various parties that he went to last night.
  • Photo 6: At the starting line are Tyronne Culpepper, Alayne Adams and Victor Osayi.
  • Photo 7: John Kenney surveys the scene.  Where are his soldiers?
  • Photo 8: Audrey Kingsley (second fastest CPTC woman today), Ramon Bermo (second fastest CPTC man today) and Roland Soong (second fastest CPTC photographer today).

3 MILE MARK

  • Photo 12: John Kenney with legs turning in a quick blur.
  • Photo 13: Randy Ehrlich is another one who has never worn the club uniform.  Why?  One speculation is that they don't manufacture a singlet big enough to fit his size.
  • Photo 14: Kevin Arlyck on his way to a four-minute PR.
  • Photo 15: Victor Osayi signals who is number one.
  • Photo 16: Jose Lasalle is a rookie on the team.  He also knows the thumbs up sign.
  • Photo 17: Mary Rosado turned around to say hello to the photographer.

5K MARK

5.8 MILE MARK

  • Photo 39: Carmine Petracca looked very strong at this point, and well on his way to his first sub-34 minute 10K race.   Here is Luca Trovato's explanation: "That's because he wore the club singlet."
  • Photo 40: John Kenney has his eyes closed in every running picture?  Is this the key to greatness?
  • Photo 41: Alayne Adams has Jon Weilbaker behind her, but she is more concerned about the female non-CPTC runner Aimee Landry in the blue cap.  Before the race, Jon made clear to us that he is only 40 years old, not the 48 that was listed in his previous NYRRC race.
  • Photo 42: Audrey Kingsley sneaked by in her non-uniform.  Prior to the race, she promised that she would tie her hair up with an orange band.  As you can see, she used a yellow band.  Lies, lies, lies ...
  • Photo 43: Edwin Fajardo pondered whether he still had any chance of breaking 40:00.
  • Photo 44: John Gleason
  • Photo 45: Laura Miller
  • Photo 46: Sarah Gross, with Jane Harris in the distance behind.
  • Photo 47: We had the pleasure of meeting Jane Harris for the first time.  When Jane realized that there were web photographers out there, she said, "Uh oh" at the thought of pictures such as this one of her in distress.
  • Photo 48: Mary Rosado is making equipment adjustment.  We won't bother to go into the details.   However, we must point out that the person right behind her is the Nathan Klejman, distinguishable by those bright and colorful shorts.
  • Photo 49: Julie Denney wears a self-conscious smile.  The mystery about Mona Lisa is that no one knows why she is smiling.  In Julie's case, it is not a mystery --- she is smiling because she knew that she was not having a good race.

FINISH LINE, UNDER THE CLOCK

  • Photo 51: Ramon Bermo's 34:47 was dropped to 34:48 as the usual gift from the NYRRC timekeeper.
  • Photo 53: Alayne Adams outkicks Aimee Landry right at the finish line.  Aimee was actually ecstatic, because Alayne pushed her to a personal best by one minute.  As for Alayne, she did not feel ready for this race and was concerned about embarrassing herself and everyone else.  Things worked out just fine ...
  • Photo 55: Although the quality of this photo is not great, it records a great historical moment.  This is the first time that Audrey Kingsley broke 40 minutes in a 10K race.  The clock read 39:22, which is a major improvement on her previous best of 40:51.
  • Photo 56: Paul Sternberger cuts in real close with the clock reading 40:00.  His fate will lie in the time-delayed finger of the official timekeeper, who docked him with a 40:01.
  • Photo 57: Edwin Fajardo did not break 40:00 and he blames it on a non-coach for offering bad advice.  Edwin: "What is 6:30 pace?" Answer: "No.  You really want 6:26 pace, because that is 40 minutes."  Edwin: "I don't know if I can do that."   Answer: "It's easy.  Just go out fast and build up a cushion.  Then you can just cruise."  It did not turn out that way for Edwin.
  • Photo 58: Sarah Gross said that it took her about 3 miles before she felt comfortable.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES

  • Photo 71: Ellen Wallop explained to John Kenney what kind of race she had.  When the horn went off, she ran straight from the starting line to the port-o-san.  Still, this was better than she did at the Mini-Marathon earlier this year.

AWARD CEREMONY

  • Before the awards presentation, the emcee introduced Mary Wittenberg as the new Exec VP at the New York Road Runners Club.  The emcee also pointed out the first person to hold that position, Lynn Blackstone, was also in the audience.  Our teammate Lynn was pleasantly surprised by the mention and the ensuing warm applause.
  • Photo 90: Audrey Kingsley picks up her trophy for finishing fourth female 20-29.
  • Photo 91: This is the closeup of Audrey's trophy.  This will be the last one that she will win as in that age group.   Will she ever win anything again, the professional cynic asked?  Of course. Her best years are still ahead!
  • Photo 92:  Audrey Kingsley gets greedy and picks up another trophy (on behalf of Alayne Adams)
  • Photo 93: Mary Rosado picks up a female 45-49 award.
  • Photo 94: Carol Tyler picks up a female 60-64 award.  She finished second in the age group, only 20 seconds behind the winner.  But Carol is more interested in cracking the 47 minute mark.

TECHNICAL NOTES:

  • This is final scoring race of the year.  Due to its importance, we had two photographers  (the other one is Stuart Calderwood) out on the course without warning.  As a result, we have caught some people with their hands in their pants because they dropped their guard after passing the first photographer.
  • Since this was the first time that we deployed the new Sony Mavica FD 91, we had some technical issues to resolve.  We had problems with the autofocus, since it was not smart enough to figure which face in a multitude was our target.  Once we get familiar with the equipment, we can go to manual focus.  But we have already seen significant improvements in resolution, shutter speed control and recording speed.
  • Our friend Larry Glazer was checking out the photos.  He looked at the first couple of pictures and was ready to send us an e-mail inquiry immediately because the photo quality has obviously improved significantly.
  • A truly dumb technical problem was that the Mavica FD 91 was used at a party on the previous evening and the battery was not recharged.  So there was a power blackout towards the end of the race, when the more interesting stuff was happening.
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