PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 01: Shepherding a large herd of NYU runners is their coach, Ramon Bermo.  It took him a while to realize that he was being followed ...
• Photo 02: Here is your typical NYU runner, equipped appropriately with angel wings and halo.  After all, this is Halloween.
• Photo 03: It is the coach's job to make sure that the halo is upright, the wings are balanced and the race number is pinned correctly.
• Photo 04: Mary Rosado gets ready to race.  It won't be easy after last night's party.
• Photo 05: Scott Willett makes believe that he has a virtual camera with which to threaten people.
• Photo 06: Early in the morning, Paul Stuart-Smith is ambivalent about this prospects today.  He says, "I don't feel good, but that is not a good predictor.  I've felt bad and raced well.  I've also felt bad and raced bad."  Final verdict: 16:29, neither too good nor too bad.
• Photo 07: Here are a couple of normal looking (so far) people: Toby Tanser and Julia Casals.  Toby has some tricks in his bag, but he would not say out what they are ...
• Photo 08: Right before the race starts, Toby appears in his superman ... eh, superwoman? ... costume.  Now we understand why he did not want to describe this before.
• Photo 09: Toby makes a final equipment adjustment.  This is not the best thing to wear on this warm and humid morning.

RACE TIME (2.1 MILE MARK)

• Photo 11: The race leader was Tesfaye Bekele, as usual.  In second place was a guy in leopard skin tights, neon green short and flaming red wig.  About the leader, Toby said, "At one time, I lived in Sweden and Tesfaye lived in Norway.  We raced each other every weekend all over the place."
• Photo 12: This is Gordon Bakoulis' first race back since giving birth to Sammy.  From here, it is a long road to the Olympics Marathon Trial next year.
• Photo 13: Diane Lebowitz's summarizes this race as "painful."  Right around this point of the race, she got stomach cramps.
• Photo 14: The person next to Jack Brennan is in luck today, as we thought that he deserve some airtime for being next to Jack.
• Photo 15: J.R. Mojica did not feel 100% right for this race as he is nursing an injury.

FINISH LINE

• Photo 21: The Central Park Track Club cheering squad of Luca Trovato, Stacy Creamer and Stuart Calderwood are stationed near the finish line.  Were they in shock to see the guy in drag finishing second?
• Photo 22: Mary Messite travels incognito in blue and black.  We did not recognize her at the 2.1 mile mark until she came right up to say hello.
• Photo 23: We are turning in this photo of someone running without a number as evidence to prosecute for theft of services.
• Photo 24: Diane Lebowitz said, "I put on a spurt near the end to pass a couple of women."  Can you see and feel the tension and pain?
• Photo 25: This is Mary Rosado's first race as a 50-year-old.  She must be thankful for that extra hour of sleep from the switch to Daylight Savings Time after last night's party at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
• Photo 26: J.R. Mojica has just put the 3 mile mark behind him.
• Photo 27: Mindy Solkin starts her long day with a race in the morning.