PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 1: Kim Mannen was informed that she would appear as the cover girl on the CPTC home page.  She asked, "What was I shown doing?"  Answer: "Looking good, of course.  What else?"
• Photo 2: Audrey Kingsley copies down the splits that were stored on her watch before she starts this race.  Randy Ehrlich asked, "Doesn't that watch store 100 split times?"  Yes, but that is not enough for our Audrey.
• Photo 3: Colin Frew has matching orange cap and gloves.  He'll be leaving the next day for his new job in London.  So, after the big farewell party last night, will he have any energy left for this race?
• Photo 4: Irene Jackson-Schon chats with Harry Morales.  Once in the race, Irene did a great job at evading the camera in almost every encounter.
• Photo 5: Surprise!  Surprise!   Margarita Cabrera in her signature look of surprise.
• Photo 6: Bola Awofeso would run 15 miles with a backpack, which he wore in order to impede his progress.   Huh?  Excuse us, can you explain that again?
• Photo 7: Ross Galitsky is caught running a race, despite his protestations that he is not a runner.  In fact, he was so fast that his wife Aubin Sullivan couldn't catch him on her bike.
• Photo 8: At the start of the race, there is a bandit without a number ready to jump in.  For the record, his name is Alan Ruben.   At the very left of this photo, we can see Peter Allen in the first row.  Somewhere in the third row, the guy standing on his toes and sticking his arm (with the black glove hand) up is Paul Stuart-Smith.  The assertion that Paul is always in the first row is now shown to be false.
• Photo 9: The person standing next to Peter Allen has non-standard runner's equipment.  Can you figure out why?  Maybe because he knew that a woman (Gwynn Coogan) would probably bury him in the race?
• Photo 10: Tightly packed together at the start are Colin Frew, Craig Chilton, Adam Bleifeld, Audrey Kinsley, Paul Sternberger and Carsten Strandlod.
• Photo 11: Julie Denney clasps her hands and prays for a good race.  In the background are Scott Willett, Jose Lasalle and Harvey Agosto.

THE RACE

• Photo 21: Paul Stuart-Smith is undergoing an existential crisis --- what is his best distance?  The marathon or the 400m?  He ran a 2:03 800m and a 55.5 400m relay leg just the day before and now he is running the 20 miler.  What to do?
• Photo 22: Near the end of the first loop, here are Craig Chilton, Colin Frew and Audrey Kingsley.  Audrey requested a picture showing her ahead of Alan Ruben, but Alan was in fact much farther back to be included.
• Photo 23: Irene Jackson-Schon uses another runner as a shield.

• Photo 31: At the nine mile mark, the normally verbose Audrey Kingsley is suddenly speechless as she struggles to follow Craig Chilton and Colin Frew.
• Photo 32: Harry Morales and Carsten Strandlod run in tandem.  Carsten, who is just coming back from a stress fracture, was polled about his ability to complete the distance.   "Of course, I'll finish.  Why wouldn't I?"  Okay, we'll repoll him in the last loop.
• Photo 33: Harvey Agosto ran a great first loop.  In this second loop, he is laboring a bit already.
• Photo 34: Tyronne Culpepper is a reformed runner these days --- no more fast starts.

• Photo 41: Scott Willett attempts to sneak by with his tongue sticking out.  No, it is not a sign of fatigue, just a sign of mischief.
• Photo 42: Audrey Kingsley has handed off to her partner Kevin Arlyck.  Before the race, this duo had delusions of grandeur until they heard the announcement that Olympians Mark Coogan and Gwynn Coogan were in the race as a coed duo too.   In fact, the Coogan Performance team crossed the finish line first.
• Photo 43: Colin Frew and Craig Chilton do the human wave in celebration.  Guys, you have two more loops to go, and we'll see how you look at mile 19 after Cat Hill.
• Photo 44: Alan Ruben and Ramon Bermo ran as bandits together.  Obviously, one of them is flashier than the other.  We hope you catch a cold, Ramon.
• Photo 45: Jose Lasalle must be commended for a well-controlled race.
• Photo 46: Carsten Strandlod showed us how great he felt by surging ahead of Harry Morales.
• Photo 47: Running incognito is Stephanie Gould.
• Photo 48: Running the third 5 mile relay leg is Stacy Creamer.  She said that it was a memorable moment when she passed 20 mile runner Stephanie Gould, something that does not happen in normal races.
• Photo 49: Looking strong is Craig Buckbee, who says, "Hey, I'm not in the race! I'm just looking for Paul Sternberger."
• Photo 50: Julie Denney said, "I really enjoy looking out for you."  We say the same thing too.

• Photo 51: Peter Allen ran a very steady race.  It was a beautiful setup for Boston.
• Photo 52: Kevin Arlyck has become a mature runner --- no more high fives with spectators like in his 3:00:07 New York City Marathon in 1998.  Good!
• Photo 53: One more loop to go, and Craig Chilton feels as strong as ever.  His celebratory gesture relegates Colin Frew to the armpits of history.
• Photo 54: Alan Kipust gets his running equivalent by pushing the baby stroller.
• Photo 55: Harry Morales just went through a slow third loop (7:15 min/mile) and had to pick up the pace to go sub-7 min/mile overall.
• Photo 56: Frank Schneiger says that the photographer is always on the wrong side of the road, and therefore always catches him on the wrong side of his face.
• Photo 57: Harvey Agosto starts on his fourth loop, which would seem to the longest ever.
• Photo 58: A wonderful piece of ensemble running came from Kim Mannen, Nicole Begin and Margarita Cabrera.  Together for three loops, and everyone for herself on the last loop!

• Photo 61: Kevin Arlyck sprints to the finish.  The Kingsley-Arlyck duo ran a total time of 2:07:42, with Audrey running a 1:06:28 (PR) and Kevin running 1:01:14 (with two seconds lost to messing around with the relay band).
• Photo 62: Here is a rare appearance by Rhonda Allen in a Central Park Track Club uniform.
• Photo 63: Stuart Calderwood is the anchor leg on his relay team.  The other members were Patrick McPhillips, Sheila McPhillips and Stacy Creamer.   The name of the team was the Gutter Runners.
• Photo 64: Harry Morales knew that he was up against the 7 min/mile barrier, and he had to go all-out in the last mile to break it.
• Photo 65: Carsten Strandlod has lost that smile now, after having to stop three times to stretch his hamstring muscle in the last loop.
• Photo 66: This is New York Harrier Ted Peterson, who kept telling us to take a picture of him.  Well, he would have been much more persuasive if he were on our team.
• Photo 67: Stephanie Gould did a controlled run well within her means.
• Photo 68: Following behind Stephanie was another one of our triathletes, Julie Denney.  The odd thing is that Julie looks a lot more comfortable running a 20 miler than a 4 miler.
• Photo 69: Nicole Begin finished strong in the last loop, and nabbed a fourth place W20-29 trophy.
• Photo 70: Margarita Cabrera was not far behind, with the fifth place W20-29 trophy.
• Missing photo: Herbie Medina (of Millrose) running what he said was his first ever 20 miler.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 81: Colin Frew is starting a new job in London after just three months with our club.  He has found us an able replacement in his friend Charles Allard, who just moved to New York City.  In this photo, Charles (on the left) is speaking to Craig Chilton, while Stuart Calderwood (on the right) is telling Colin Frew that this photo of Charles will be appearing on this web site momentarily.
• Photo 82:  Karel Matousek was staying this time in his boss's high floor apartment overlooking Central Park South.  He picked up a pair of binoculars to follow the race, and saw Stacy Creamer running.  That was why he knew to come along to say hello.  Yes, the Global Surveillance System (TM) is everywhere.
• Photo 83: Patrick McPhillips (from Chicago) and Sheila McPhillips were the relay partners of Stacy Creamer and Stuart Calderwood, and the group met for brunch later.  Patrick and Sheila were initially told that the results and awards ceremony had been delayed due to the large number of participants.  Then the waiter came with their pancake orders and ... their second-place four-person coed team trophies!  What service!

Technical note: This was a four-loop race inside Central Park, which provided numerous photo ops since the runners came across the photographers multiple times.  Due to the large turnout, it got difficult to identify people not wearing orange.  Our apologies to everyone that we missed.