PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 1: J.R. Mojica went up to check out the trophy table.
• Photo 2: Here is the presentation ceremony, as Al Goldstein (NYRRC) presents the overall winner's plaque to J.R. Mojica.  If there is a photo, then it must be true.
• Photo 3: Bola Awofeso is showing something to Adam Bleifeld and Doug Kabbash.
• Photo 4: Carsten Strandlod must be saying, "Get that camera out of my face!"  Well, when Carsten and Mette get to Malawi, they would wish that they had these photos to look at ...  Note that Carsten and Mette have consecutive race numbers.
• Photo 5: Frank Morton said, "Yes, you can take a photo of the most overweight person on the club."   Well, that is debatable but we won't name names ...

1.1 MILE MARK

• Photo 11: Carsten Strandlod was leading the team at this point, but someone informed him that he better run hard because Jack Brennan was right behind him.  Later, he was asked if he felt any extra pressure as a result.  "Not at all.  Jack has finished ahead of me before, so it's no big deal."
• Photo 12: Jack Brennan flowed by and had the energy to offer a 'thumbs-up' sign.
• Photo 13: John Sargent and Adam Bleifeld ran in tandem.  Adam would tow John to a personal best by over 100 seconds.
• Photo 14: Mette Strandlod can still afford to look around and check out the scenery.

3.2 MILE MARK

• Photo 21: Everybody's darling Kari Ann Bertrand was the overall female winner by a runaway margin.  Her time of 22:17 was a new course record.
• Photo 22: Carsten Strandlod was our team leader.  This is the second time in three weeks that he has led the team.
• Photo 23: John Sargent and Adam Bleifeld seemed to be chained together.  Behind them was Kurtis Edwards.
• Photo 24: This is the second race that Kurtis Edwards ran for the team.

3.95 MILES AND ONLY YARDS TO GO

• Photo 31: Jack Brennan almost made it the second year in a row that he led the team in a race, which would have been quite unexpected since his buddies all wrote him off as being over the hill.  Of course, we are just kidding because a 2:20 marathon is not just New Orleans hot air.
• Photo 32: With less than 100 meters to go, John Sargent would turn on his track-trained turbo engines to finish.
• Photo 33: Mette Strandlod looked ahead towards the finish line.
• Photo 34: Our amateur web photographer targets our club members only, and not always to their pleasure.  But the professional photographer Ellen Wallop was busy snapping baby pictures and other scenes on the course.