PRE-RACE

• Photo 1: Michele Tagliati brings a friend Jesse, who is visiting from Maine.  Jesse is 11 years old, and has already run a 6:25 mile at the Fifth Avenue Mile.
• Photo 2: Tony Ruiz is a strong believer in stretching.
• Photo 3: J.R. Mojica is the official video cameraman of the day.
• Photo 4: Here is the photographer's most reliable target, Audrey Kingsley, who is present at every race.
• Photo 5: An Unidentified Crawling Object was spotted on the course, to be submitted to The X-Files.

TWO-MILE MARK

• Photo 11: Stuart Calderwood and Alan Ruben were team leaders at this point.
• Photo 12: Carmine Petracca was right behind.  He was probably going a bit faster than he should.  As observer Tony Ruiz would say later, he was 'meat' after Cat Hill.
• Photo 13: Ramon Bermo and Peter Allen were right behind.  Ramon would like you to pay special attention to his orange-colored gloves.  Ramon would also like you not to pay any attention to the fact that he stepped outside of the recreational lane, which helped him set a personal best today.
• Photo 14: Tony Ruiz makes a handwave.  Tony did not feel that he was in shape to run this distance, but was 'shamed' into running this because someone mentioned that it was great to have a coach who also runs.
• Photo 15: This is newcomer Harvey Agosto in a simulated uniform.  When Harvey saw these pictures, he told his friends, "I'm on the Internet."

3.7 MILES, MEN'S RACE

• Photo 56: Alan Ruben is our team leader, as has often been the case.  Although he finished right next to a Warren Street runner, he was given a time that was three seconds slower (20:48 to 20:51).   If he had been credited with the identical time as the other person, this would have been a PR for Alan.
• Photo 57: Victor Osayi said that Harvey Agosto just blew right by him.
• Photo 58: Jose Lasalle is looking 'cool'.
• Photo 59: Tyronne Culpepper swore that he only had one beer last night and can produce witnesses.  Still, how can you explain going from a 17:50 5K last week to a 24:59 four miler this week?
• Photo 60: Here is Raphael Devalle with Alex Peterhansl and Adam Bleifeld in the background.  Dual-careerist Raphael had a choice between a Friday track meet and this Saturday morning four miler race.  He picked the longer race because he said it was easier.

3.9 MILES, WOMEN'S RACE

• Photo 61: Alayne Adams is concentrating on chasing Yvonne Callan (not in picture) who was just two steps ahead.
• Photo 62: Audrey Kingsley is just ahead of Stacy Creamer (not in picture).  They were second and third on the team.  Both set personal bests on this day.
• Photo 63: Sarah Gross is our first masters woman.
• Photo 64: Irene Jackson and Laura Miller form the rest of the scoring masters women.
• Photo 65: Jane Harris has her usual distressed look.
• Photo 66: Carol Tyler finished first female 60-64.
• Photo 67: Ana Echeverri is Carol's favorite training partner.
• Photo 68: Mette Strandlod would be yelled at by the coach --- "There is no smiling in running!"  This was a variation of "There is no crying in baseball" from A League of Their Own.
• Photo 69: Mary Ellen Howe is so 'hot' that she removed her gloves.
• Photo 70: How does Lynn Blackstone manage her hair to behave that way?

POST-RACE

• Photo 72: Was Michele Tagliati willing to take his pants off for an apple?
• Photo 73: Here are Kevin Arlyck and his friend Caty.  She was one of our many photographers on the course today.  Other photographers included Bola Awofeso and Luca Trovato.  No place on earth was safe.
• Photo 74: This is the familiar family portrait of Alan Ruben, Joey Ruben and Gordon Bakoulis.
• Photo 75: Non-runner Ross Galitsky claimed a hamstring injury to avoid racing.  Besides, he said that he had dinner with his mother the night before.
• Photo 76: Charlie Stark imitates the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
• Photo 77: Everybody said, "If you want to take pictures, then just take one of the professional model Tyronne Culpepper."  So we did.
• Photo 78: Kim Mannen and Carol Tyler were surprised to see a photographer materialized in front of them.
• Photo 79: Family portrait of Tim Evans and Alayne Adams with the kids Theo and Charlotte.   We are unable to which kid is which, because they were bundled up against the cold.

RACE AWARDS CEREMONY

• Photo 80: Here is a photo of Alan Ruben and everybody's darling Kari Ann Bertrand.  Kari had no idea who our photographer was.  When she heard that it was for the CPTC web site, she said, "Uh oh."  By the way, Kari finished third overall woman in the race.
• Photo 81: Stuart Calderwood was the third male 40-44.  For proper credit, Stuart donned the club singlet before walking up to accept the award.
• Photo 82: After Alan Ruben was handed his second-place male 40-44 award, he was quizzed by Mary Wittenberg with this question: "Which team does Don DiDonato run for?"   Answer: Runners Edge.
• Photo 83: Audrey Kingsley rolls her eyes in exasperation because of the continuous camera tracking.  But the tracking was not persecutory in nature, because we needed to record the fact that Audrey picked up the awards for teammates Alayne Adams and Irene Jackson-Schon.
• Photo 84: Carol Tyler was the first female 60-64 in a time of 30:01.
• Photo 85: Here is the Central Park Track Club seating section (from left to right): Alan Ruben, Tony Ruiz, Rhonda Allen, Carol Tyler, Lynn Blackstone, Peter Allen, Stacy Creamer, Stuart Calderwood.
• Photo 86: Now for the biggest winner of the day: Kim Mannen wins a jersey (size XL) in the raffle.

POST-RACE PARTY AT THE PARLOUR (86th and Broadway)

• Photo 91: The video entertainment was provided by J.R. Mojica, who toured the course with his video camera.   The video tape also included segments from the Holiday Run and the Valentine's Day 5K.  There were a number of scenes caught on film, including that big swinging elbow of Audrey Kingsley at the start of the race.  The camera was positioned at the finish line with the time clock in view.  A special moment of suspense was whether Tyronne Culpepper would beat Audrey Kingsley's time; no, he did not.
• Photo 92: Who is the video jockey of the day?  You would be surprised to find Joey Ruben manipulating the dials.
• Photo 93: Who is having this wholesome food?
• Photo 94:  Let us read the 1998 NYRRC Race Summary Letter for Audrey Kingsley.  She argues that she did not over-race, because there is no objective definition for that.  We won't comment any further  but you can count the number of races (you have to append her out-of-town races at the Philadelphia 8K, the Boston Marathon, the Vermont City Marathon to that list) and decide for yourself.
• Photo 95: How does Audrey Kingsley do it?  Here is her running log.  We are dismayed to see that there appears to be blank days.  Our illusions have just been shattered.

• Missing Photo: We had the pleasure of being introduced to Bob Selya by John Kenney, who described Bob as 'someone from an era in which it was fashionable to race in black socks.'  Bob said that he enjoys this web site a great deal --- "Keep it going."
• Missing Photo: Sarah Gross brought along a bunch of medals that were not collected by the individual winners previously.  Tyronne Culpepper picked up the largest trophy and said, "Can I have this one?"  Answer: "No.  This is for the women's team"
• Missing Photo: Supersalesperson Audrey Kingsley was selling club t-shirts, singlets and shorts.  At the end of the day, the total receipts as reported to our Treasurer Richard Kixmiller was an astonishing $104.  We use the word 'astonishing' because the featured sales item was the singlet/shorts combination listed at $1.  Yes, that is not a typo --- it was $1 (but no returns), which is the same price for a 20oz. bottle of Pepsi-Cola from the Armory vending machine.  The clearance sale had been decreed by Jane Kenney, who told her husband to clear out that space in their apartment.
• Missing Photo: In the middle of the party, a red-haired scotsman turned up via a special arrangement by Colin Frew.   Although there were at least a couple of cameras known to be in the room, none could be located while he was there.  I can't imagine why ...