New York City Marathon

John Gleason

EIGHT MILE MARK (BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC)

  • Photo 01: Alan Ruben was in about 150th place at this point.  His final position was 64th overall, by running a nearly even split (1:16:54 at the half, 2:34:33 at the finish).

  • Photo 02: Peter Allen got off to a fast, aggressive start.

  • Photo 03: Paul Stuart-Smith and Craig Chilton.  Craig was everybody's favorite running partner today, because they all knew that he has the temperament to run at his intended pace.

  • Photo 04: Hank Berkowitz ran his tenth New York City marathon in a row

  • Photo 05: Victor Osayi is off to his habitual fast start.

  • Photo 06: David Newcomb and Gordon Streeter repeats their Boston Marathon race in tandem

  • Photo 07: Thomas Pennell will manage to set a PR, beating the time that he set at the Boston Marathon this year.

  • Photo 08: Rick Shaver and Rich Piccirillo must know each other pretty well by now (see photo from Staten Island Half Marathon)

  • Photo 09: Audrey Kingsley is looking left and right, as usual.  We wish that she would just install an 'autofocus' device for racing.

  • Photo 10: The New York City Marathon has a longstanding rivalry between the New York Police Department and the New York Fire Department.  So NYFD captain John Gleason dons a NYFD singlet today, while wearing an orange Central Park Track Club t-shirt underneath.

  • Photo 11: Kim Mannen and Sandra Olivo are in a poorly shot split frame.  What happened here?  One of the technical objections to the Star Wars defense system is that the live tests were designed to handle a single incoming missle; once there are MIRVs, the defense system may freeze because it is unable to choose among multiple targets.  This was exactly what happened.  We had Kim Mannen, Sandra Olivo, Sarah Gross and Aubin Sullivan coming down the street at about the same moment and we simply couldn't choose quickly enough until almost all of them had passed.

FIRST AVENUE & 96th STREET (photos courtesy of Blair Boyer)

FIRST AVENUE (photos courtesy of Bola Awofeso)

23rd MILE MARK (ENTRANCE INTO CENTRAL PARK)

  • Photo 21: The first Central Park Track Club cheering squad consists of Irene Jackson-Schon, Robin Villa and Laura Miller.

  • Photo 22: Just a few steps beyond is a full chorus of Central Park Track Club folks (left to right): Sylvie Kimché, Michael Wallop (rear), Sid Howard, Erik Goetze, Tim Robinson (rear), Isaya Obwiya, Charlie Stark, Michael Garland, Luca Trovato and Richard Hamner.  Charlie Stark is the rookie spectator in this picture --- he is usually running this race, not watching.

  • Photo 23: Alan Ruben may not have had his best race in terms of absolute time.  But, on this day when there seems to be a strong headwind no matter which direction one is running, his accomplishment should be measured in terms of the number of distinguished runners that he finished ahead of.  We suggest that you check out the result listings and have a chuckle ...

  • Photo 24: Jonathan Pillow ran his debut marathon in 2:45, not knowing what to expect.  Next time, he will have the benefit of this experience as well as some training.  Yes, Jonathan, you really ought to do a 20 mile run if you want to run a marathon.

  • Photo 25: David Newcomb ran with his pal Gordon Streeter for most of the Boston marathon.  Here, he was seen running by himself.  It was not that he 'ditched' Gordon, but the latter ordered him to surge ahead at the twenty mile mark.  David was really pleased by the number (and the quality) of people that he was able to pass in the last 10K.  This was a PR for him.

  • Photo 26: Gordon Streeter felt that he was relatively undertrained for this race.

  • Photo 27: Thomas Pennell has had a great year, setting another PR today, on top of routinely destroying his group at the team workouts this whole year

  • Photo 28: Peter Allen ran out a little bit too fast in the beginning and paid for it later.

  • Photo 29: Victor Osayi ran his fastest New York City Marathon ever, this being his first sub-3-hour effort in this race.  Yes, he started out too fast as well.

  • Photo 30: Rich Piccirillo

  • Photo 31: Charles Allard  wore red today.  He would have been impossible to spot, except for the fact that the orange-clad Bola Awofeso was running next to him at this point.  Charles was in sufficient physical distress that spectator Bola ran up to make sure that he was okay.  Charles' original objective was 2:50, and was disappointed with a clock time of over 3 hours.  But that all-important chip time was in fact 2:59:56.

  • Photo 32: Dan Sack

  • Photo 33: Tyronne Culpepper was the talk of the town for many days for that pair of multi-colored shorts.

  • Photo 34: Rick Shaver is running his 23rd New York City marathon.

  • Photo 35: Theo Spilka came up to a loud chant of "Theo! Theo! Theo! ..."

  • Photo 36: Audrey Kingsley & friend

  • Photo 37: Jon Weilbaker accomplished the amazing feat of achieving a negative split by one second.  Only Fritz Mueller can have that kind of control.

  • Photo 38: José Lasalle

  • Photo 39: Paul Sommerstein

  • Photo 40: Margaret Angell wore a white singlet, blue shorts and a brand new haircut.  She went by that loud cheering section without being spotted.  Of course, our photographer did not miss her.

  • Photo 41: Sarah Gross reached the half marathon mark in 1:41:06 and thought there was not chance of doing well today.  At the 20th mile mark, she was tripped and she ran up to spectator Stacy Creamer for a visual inspection for exterior damage.  When told that nothing can be seen, she took off with aggressively and set an a personal best of 3:18:02 and a top 100 finish.  In this picture, she looks angry, probably because she felt good but there was only 3.2 miles left.  Now if only this was a longer race, who knows how many more people she would have nailed?

  • Photo 42: Kim Mannen and Sandra Olivo.  The latter would set a PR by 20 minutes today.  That time was still slower than expected, which means that she will have plenty of room to improve.

  • Photo 43: Michele Tagliati said before the race, "I definitely won't come anywhere near my time last year, but I'll do my best to look good when I pass by your camera ..."  Yes, he must be looking around for the camera ...

  • Photo 44: Guenter Erich is certainly dressed for the occasion.  We would really like to hear Fritz Mueller's reaction to his race.

  • Photo 45: Ellen Wallop had to get the permission of her doctors to run this marathon in between medical treatment for cancer.  We told her teammates that they cannot leave this observation spot until Ellen comes around.  Here she is, arms wide open for her husband Michael and son Will.

  • Photo 84: Here is someone who wanted to go by as quickly as possible.  It's Casey Yamazaki, not in great shape, but with a string to perpetuate.  One of these years, he'll get back into this marathon thing.  (P.S. The above note is way, way wrong in interpreting what Casey was doing.  Please see the bottom of this page for what he was really up to.)

23rd MILE MARK (photos courtesy of Blair Boyer)

  • Photo 61: This is Stéphane Bois' debut marathon in a time of 2:42.  He is a member of the Warren Street team, and we don't usually carry photos of other teams.  In this case, we make an exception because we once saw Stéphane wearing orange-colored thongs, which is an act of extraordinary imagination that none of us have ever dared to do.

  • Photo 62: Paul Stuart-Smith

  • Photo 63: David Newcomb checks his watch to see how far he is ahead of his PR pace.  That must be the most wonderful of sights.

  • Photo 64: Rick Piccirillo

  • Photo 65: Tyronne Culpepper's multi-colored shorts get another close look.

LOEB BOAT HOUSE, CENTRAL PARK (photo courtesy of Doug Kabbash)

CENTRAL PARK SOUTH (LESS THAN ONE MILE TO GO) (photos courtesy of Blair Boyer)

  • Photo 90: Blair Boyer is on the phone with Patrick McPhillips (in Chicago) to provide up-to-the-second updates on the Audrey Kingsley watch.

  • Photo 91: Finally, here comes Audrey Kingsley, patiently picking people off, one at a time.

  • Photo 66: Sarah Gross is going so fast that the guy next to her has a stunned look.

FINISH LINE (photo courtesy of Michael Wallop)

  • Photo 92: Ellen Wallop at the finish line, with son Will

POST-RACE PARTY AT THE PARLOUR (photo courtesy of Michael Wallop)

  • Photo 93: John Kenney mixing with the crowd (that is, the medal-toting Thomas Pennell).

MEDIA COVERAGE

  • Stefani Jackenthal: With the exception of the race leaders, the person who got the most television airtime was the author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Climbing."  We have the video clip.  We have removed the live interview portions, and kept only the edited personal profile.  It is very nicely done, but we warn you that it runs over a minute and takes over 9 megabytes.  If you have a T1 line, this should be easy enough.  If you are using the telephone line, this may take you between 30 minutes and 1 hour to download.  If you are game enough, click here for the clip.
     

  • Hank Berkowitz: Hank was interviewed on television while wearing his bright neon-orange team jacket.  The video clip lasts 10 seconds at a size of 1.7 megabytes.  Click here for the clip.
     

  • Margaret Angell: Her name was mentioned in an interview conducted with Richard Kind (of Spin City) about Project A.L.S.  (See Famous Saying # 667 for the relevant transcript.)
     

  • Margaret Angell: On page F3 of the special marathon section in the New York Times on Monday, you can find a story and photo of Margaret and her family.  Click here for the link to the story on the New York Times website.  Note: You will have to register (for free) if you are not a user already.
     

  • Casey Yamazaki & Hiromi Go: This has to be our biggest story in terms of global impact.  We have reserved a separate page for it.

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