1998 Kurt Steiner Cross Country 5K

Our regular photographer ran the race himself, but we were fortunate to have Larry Glazer to step in for the day. Take pictures he did, almost 50 of them. However, Larry is not responsible for the annotations that follow, so please don't blame him.

PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

Photo 1: Carsten Strandlod, Roland Soong and Mary Rosado are the first victims of the photographer du jour. While Carsten and Mary are oblivious of the perils, Roland is keenly aware of the photographer's presence.
Photo 2: Jud Santos displays his bag. So what is in it?
Photo 3: Frank Schiro holds a liquid container in his hand. What is in it? The color looks funny. Is it a sports drink? Is it a urine sample?
Photo 4: Sid Howard is working himself up for his game face.
Photo 6: Doug Kabbash and his friend Julie change in the grandstand.
Photo 7: Frank Schiro probably lent his singlet to his friend Brian Barry.
Photo 8: Jud Santos, Anselm Labourne, Sid Howard and David Pullman hold a power meeting.
Photo 9: Mary Rosado, Denise Crain, John Sargent, David Pullman and Jonathan Federman got together. For a club as big as the Central Park Track Club, some of these people have never met the others. Among this group, Denise is a track sprinter, Jonathan lives in Philadelphia, David is a cross-country runner masking as a sprinter, John is a rookie and Mary is everything (40m sprint to marathon, plus rock climbing).
Photo 10: The cheering squad included Gordon Bakoulis and Joey Ruben. Gordon is the coach of the Moving Comfort New York team.
Photo 11: The starting lineup is the most impressive sight at cross-country races.

OVERPASS (1st TIME)

Photo 21: The leader at this point is Tesfaye Bekele, who has probably been in the lead in most local races this year than not.
Photo 22: Jud Santos has the no-look running style.
Photo 23: Jeff Kisseloff is in the middle of a pack. Victor Diaz is the guy with the red bandana.
Photo 24: Look at Sid Howard and see how his feet are in a blur. Yes, we're talking about turnover speed.
Photo 25: David Pullman is chasing the girls, as usual.
Photo 26: After this picture was taken, Doug Kabbash ran up and told Roland Soong that he made it into the picture because he was close behind. As we can see, he was only half-right. Seth Okrend got the other half right..
Photo 27: Mary Rosado is our first woman runner.
Photo 28: Our number one fan Frank Schiro directs the traffic.

FINISH LINE

Photo 31: Anselm Labourne is our team leader. He was actually quite surprised that he ended up fourth in his age group because he thought the competition should have been tougher than that.
Photo 32: We are sure that Jud Santos will be examining this picture for his form in the sprint finish. Our analysis is that his left shoulder is too much forward causing inefficiency and there is also no evidence of any knee lift.
Photo 33: Jeff Kisseloff squints at the finish line.
Photo 34: Efrain Gonzalez is mounting his comeback with a couple of cross-country races.
Photo 35: David Pullman started with his orange t-shirt, which is now in his hand, because it was warm out there.
Photo 36: Roland Soong obviously does not believe in 'Lady First' as he outsprints a member of the opposite sex with 10 meters to go. No mercy!
Photo 37: Jonathan Federman looks to the right, while someone sneaks past on the left.
Photo 38: Mary Rosado deploys her sprinter's speed at the finish. In the last 10 meters, she passed Roslyn Schloss, to the sound of a teammate yelling, "Elbow her, Roslyn! Elbow!"
Photo 39: Brian Barry is a certified two-pack-a-day smoker. Just ask him, and he will yank out a pack to show his credentials.
Photo 40: Our photo gallery includes our friends, such as Francine Alfandary (of the New York Flyers).
Photo 41: Of course, our chief spy Frank Schiro keeps tab on everybody's time.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES

Photo 51: Mary Rosado, Carsten Strandlod, Roland Soong and John Sargent do the post-mortem analyses before rigor mortis sets in.
Photo 52: Jeff Kisseloff and Sid Howard wait for Jeff's fiancé Marie to pull something out of the bag. What is it? We don't know. But one of the principals in this photo informed us later that it was their weekly dose of steroids. Hmmm ...
Photo 53: Frank Schiro, Mary Rosado and Sid Howard. How come Frank didn't run?
Photo 54: The socialization is not restricted to intra-club mixing. Here is Jud Santos with someone (of the opposite sex), Liane Montesa from Millrose, who said, "What a nice web site!" Thanks.
Photo 55: The regular photographer offered some tips. "Rule # 1: Skin sells". So here is Carsten Strandlod in a state of déshabillement.
Photo 56: In fact, it is not difficult to have nude pictures, because people will gladly pose. Here is Jud Santos as well, although the signficance of that plastic cup in his mouth eludes us. Sitting on the ground behind Jud is John Sargent, who appears to be reading the writing on the inside of his neon-green Nike shoes. There is someone behind John doing bends whom we suspect is Kevin Arlyck, and so we asked Kevin for verification. After looking at the photo, Kevin said, "The grey singlet was right, I can bend that far, but my shoes definitely did not have any white showing like that."
Photo 57: "Rule # 2: Violence sells." So here is a bruised Millrose runner, John McManus, who fell on the course. John was in the "I'm gray but I'm not old" Nike commercial.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES (PART II --- photos by the regular guy)

Photo 61: Mary Beth Mulholland and Frank Schiro, in his North Jersey Masters t-shirt.
Photo 62: Sid Howard tells Anselm Labourne that this photo will be posted on the web site. "What web site?" said Anselm. So Sid proceeded to explain how to get here. So, Anselm, if you ever make it here, here is a big HELLO!
Photo 63: Herbie Medina and Efrain Gonzalez wish to advertise themselves as two handsome and available Latino guys.
Photo 64: Denise Crain is with Mary Rosado.
Photo 65: While others stand around, Anselm Labourne, Sid Howard and Mary Rosado went for a cool-down run. Sid began his invitation with, "I assume everybody is going for this cool-down run", which was met with giggles from a few people (including Kevin Arlyck who ran 18 miles the day before, Carsten Strandlod who ran 17 miles the day before and Roland Soong who believes it is wrong to run more than 20 miles a week).
Photo 66: Frank Schiro posed with greatness in the form of the race winner Tesfaye Bekele (in a time of 15:32).
Photo 67: Jud Santos is drooling at the sight of the mountain of medals, flanked by our drooling friends Doug Hegley (of the New York Harriers) and John Ward (of the New York Flyers, aka the only man who can out-dance Sid Howard).
Photo 68: Jud Santos did in fact pick up a medal, while his buddy David Pullman did not. But David won the bigger prize because he left with four women (yes, guys, eat your heart out!). When David was told later about the above report, he said, "You are dangerous! I must watch out for you!" Thank you, the only reason that I do this is because I crave attention ... NOT!
Photo 69: Here is a happy Seth Okrend with his medal. When his name was announced, the announcer even gave him a free plug about his musician credentials.
Photo 70: Of course, the value of these medals are diminished by the fact that even very slow people (as this person) can win them. For the record, he was fifth-place in his age group in this race. Hard to believe, isn't it?