EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Photo 01: Michele Tagliati with his brother Marco Tagliati, who is an international member of the Central Park Track Club based in Italy.
• Photo 02: Julie Denney and Scott Willett were seen doing loops in the park on these contraptions known as bicycles.  They were harrassed by the race workers: "Hey, you people in the orange jackets!  Aren't you supposed to be runners?"
• Photo 03: Ramon Bermo asked, "I have not raced in a long time.  Can someone tell me how to lace the computer chip in?"
• Photo 04: MAC official Mary Rosado knew how to lace the chip in --- she delegates the job assignment to a field expert.
• Photo 06: Here is the proper position as demonstrated by Stuart Calderwood.  The chip should be on top and never on the side.  You should also make a careful study of Stuart's shoe, which is 3 ounces lighter than the factory model because he has stripped away all the superfluous aspects (such as the logos).
• Photo 05: Here is an example of how not to dress.  Guillermo Rojas is in black and white; worse yet, it is a NYU Triathlon Team singlet!  When he saw the camera, he tried to hide behind Ross Galitsky.  @#$%^(*&!  His explanation was that his regular Central Park Track Club singlet is waiting to be washed from last week.  We suggest that G'mo take a close look at Scott Willett's orange jacket, which looks as if it has never ever been washed.

WEST 86th STREET, MILE # 3

• Photo 11: As is so often the case this year, the team leader is Alan Ruben.
• Photo 12: Paul Stuart-Smith was slightly ahead of Richie Borrero at this point.
• Photo 13: Erik Goetze decided to stay in bed instead of racing last week.  This meant that the pressure was on for him to be present today.
• Photo 14: Stuart Calderwood has been having a cough for the last 3 weeks.  He probably should have been racing today, but this was a scoring race in which he knew the team (especially the Masters) needed him.
• Photo 15: Isaya Okwiya and Craig Chilton running side by side.
• Photo 16: John Kenney is just ahead of Kim Griffin.
• Photo 17: Charles Allard keeps his ears very warm.
• Photo 18: David Diviney was topless at this point of the 10 miler.  This week, he has a brand new team singlet.  Feels different, doesn't it?  Like who are all these total strangers cheering him?
• Photo 19: Rick Shaver wanted to know if we got his photo.  Yes, here it is.
• Photo 20: Stacy Creamer reached the 3 mile mark in 18:30.  Last year, this would have been something like her personal record for a 5K race.  In this photo, she looks like she is just jogging.
• Photo 21: Michele Tagliati came to make sure that his brother gets to run on the home court.
• Photo 22: Audrey Kingsley almost went by unnoticed in her incognito white long-sleeve shirt, except for those orange-colored gloves.
• Photo 23: Tivon Jacobson is a little behind his expected pace at this point.  He said, "Nobody told me that I should not line up way back at the start."  We recommend that he get in contact with Paul Stuart-Smith about this subject.
• Photo 24: Jackie Cortes reportedly has a theory about why Stacy Creamer is running so well, but we can't report anything that is hearsay.  So youl'll have to ask her yourself.

EAST 88th STREET, 150 meters to go

• Photo 41: Alan Ruben probably wishes that he had Richie Borrero next to him to outsprint?
• Photo 42: Erik Goetze probably enjoyed this as much as he did last week.
• Photo 43: Ramon Bermo, Craig Chilton and Isaya Okwiya are strung out on the final straight way.  
• Photo 44: Stuart Calderwood slowed down a little bit because he was having trouble breathing.  In the scheme of things, since we are trying to defend a lead in the masters division, it was more important that he finishes than anything else.
• Photo 45: As this race will determine the final standing of the team in the Masters Men division for the year, John Kenney came down today to take care of business.
• Photo 51: Marco Tagliati completes his first park race, but someone else in this photo did not complete the race.
• Photo 52: Dan Sack wore a team singlet for the first time today.
• Photo 53: David Diviney, Stacy Creamer and Rick Shaver come down the straight way.  Stacy was credited with a time of 38:01 today, which represented a 1:29 improvement over her previous best in Central Park.  She basically ran even splits, and was surprised to find herself passing a lot of people (including Rick Shaver) that she did not think she should be.  She said, "I was thinking about what Pete Pfitzinger said about his greatest race, 'There I was ready to pass Alberto Salazar.  I thought to myself, Who am I to pass Salazar?  But for this one day, I had no idea who I was and I went ahead.'"  (see also NYRRC photo)
• Photo 54: David Monti looks like he is deep agony.  He is wearing the famous Michael Trunkes singlet, for which winter is probably the only right season.
• Photo 55: Our camera seemed to have a mind of its own.  We pointed it at Jose LaSalle and the camera focused instead on Jane Harris, who was out of the race.
• Photo 46: David Birchfield finds himself in a portrait with some artsy edge effects.  Why?  The original photo was slightly out of focus, and this is a way of salvaging something by setting up an appropriate context.  So now we hope that you understand why there were these white halos in all those photos from our Annual Club Awards Party ...
• Photo 47: Audrey Kingsley shows us that she is capable of staring straight ahead, instead of just sideways.
• Photo 48: Sarah Gross is still thinking about the dessert from last night?
• Photo 49: Sandra Olivo arrived at the start a little late and had to start all the way in the back.
• Photo 50: Max Schindler

POST RACE

• Photo 56: This photo was forwarded by Michele Tagliati, showing him between Sarah Gross and Rori Spinelli.  The attached message read: "Please be benign with the comments ..."  So we'll say nothing at all, but we urge to look at the photo and formulate your own speculation ...

AWARDS CEREMONY

• Photo 71: Alan Ruben collects yet another trophy that there is no room in the apartment for.
• Photo 72: After receiving her trophy, Stacy Creamer makes sure to go over and shake Joe Kleinerman's hand.

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY

• Photo 80: Alan Ruben running down the west side
• Photo 81: Alan Ruben running down the east side

MISSING PHOTOS

• Casey Yamazaki was running incognito today, because he needed to run six races to gain entry into the New York City marathon next year.  His race time today does not matter to him, as he is "not in the club scene" right now.  However, he says, "Yumi is training!"
• Noel Comess ran in white again this week, and finished ahead of Victor Osayi, just like last week and also at the New York City Marathon.  This has caused Victor to wonder, "Who is Noel Comess?  What does he look like?  If I knew who that was, I would have tried to stay with him ..."