PRE-RACE ACTIVITY (East 86th Street)

• Photo 01: Audrey Kingsley is always happy to see the photographer!  Well, maybe at this moment, but not later.
• Photo 02: Colin Frew said, "I did not travel all the way from London just to run this race.  It was for a friend's wedding.  I swear."  Hey, it is okay even if that were the case, and absolutely no need to commit perjury ...
• Photo 03: This is a photo of Michael Rosenthal.  The fact that the letters on his uniform are barely legible is a bad sign for the runners today, because it was very sunny.  Although the temperature at start time was sixty-six degrees, it was considerably hotter in the sun.
• Photo 04: Jose La Salle and Rashid Azim created their own start line, right in the bike lane.
• Photo 05: Casey Yamazaki and Sarah Gross stood in the shade while they waited for the race to start.  The race started late, and there was no point to stand and boil out there.
• Photo 06: There were reportedly over 4,600 entrants in this race.  To stand out in the mass of humanity, it helps to be tall like Theo Spilka.

3.2 MILES (west 86th street near the reservoir entrance, top of the hill)

• Photo 31: Alan Ruben shows customary patience by resting in around 20th place.
• Photo 32: Colin Frew must think that this is a four mile race given the pace that he started out in ...
• Photo 33: Jose La Salle runs next to his friend, Rasheed Azim who works at the Super Runners Shop.  Jose said, "Make sure that you take some good photos of us.  I can get it printed out in color and charge Rasheed twenty-five bucks apiece."
• Photo 34: Audrey Kingsley makes running uphill look easy --- at this point in time.
• Photo 35: David Birchfield defines the meaning of pain.

7.95 MILES (on the way up to the top of the Harlem Hill)

• Photo 41: Alan Ruben has picked off a few of those who were in front of him.  He also seemed to do particularly well uphill, with short, choppy steps in rapid turnover.
• Photo 42: Harry Morales does some hill climbing.
• Photo 43: Craig Chilton on the left and Colin Frew on the right.  Craig is probably putting in some extra training miles whereas Colin Frew wishes that he had some training miles before this.
• Photo 44: Theo Spilka heads uphill.
• Photo 45: Showing infinite patience is Jose La Salle.
• Photo 49: Kurtis Edwards is right at the top of Harlem Hill.  The shadow casts on the ground by someone on his left hand side belongs to Sarah Gross, who made a deft move to get out of the picture.

13.05 MILES (right around the corner before the finish)

• Photo 51: Alan Ruben led the team again in 1:14:38.
• Photo 52: Harry Morales led a pack of three to the finish
• Photo 53: Jose La Salle is just ahead of Colin Frew near the finish.
• Photo 54: Theo Spilka heads for the finish
• Photo 55: Audrey Kingsley is lucky to cross the finish line before landing in the medical area.
• Photo 56: Casey Yamazaki heads for the finish.

GROUPIES (here, there and everywhere)

• Photo 61: Sylvie Kimché gets there just in time to be photographed.
• Photo 62: Stacy Creamer shows us the special Achilles tendonitis equipment, guaranteed to worsen the condition.  Have you had Achilles tendonitis too?  Have you raced eleven times in ten weeks too (or something like that)?  If so, you should have a chat with her.
• Photo 63: Monica Bonamego ran easy today
• Photo 64: Here are Colleen and Sharon, the daughters of John Gleason.  Their dad dropped out after one mile due to a hamstring problem and their mom walked the race.  This was a gorgeous day to do nothing in the park.
• Photo 65: Ramon Bermo rode around the park on his bike as he prepares for Ironman USA at Lake Placid next week.  When told that his $15,000 bike was really impressive, he said, "That is not how much my bike costs.  Maybe Lance Armstrong's."

MISSING PHOTO

• In a repeat performance from the Women's Sports & Fitness Half Marathon earlier this year, Audrey Kingsley landed on a stretcher in the medical area.  As soon as she crossed the finish line, she collapsed into the arms of Rodger King (GNY), to whom we are all very grateful.  After Rodger brought her over to the medical area, one of her teammates took over the duty of watching over her.  When she opened her eyes and saw that it was her team photographer, she groaned.  To relieve the mental stress, she was promised that no photos would be taken of her in that state.  (Well, for future reference, we will state that we cannot guarantee that we will always respect this, as she (or any other team member) may think that this is a sure way to avoid being photographed.)
  
  For her many fans out there, we want you to know that, within minutes, she was already calculating that her time was a course PR by two minutes and 18 seconds and, within half a hour, she was up and discussing the remnants of her dinner last night ...