Rhonda Allen, Thomas Pennell, Andreas Nolte, Stuart
Calderwood, Stacy Creamer, Craig Chilton, Gordon Streeter, Ramon
Bermo
Audrey Kingsley, Peter Allen, Ana Echeverri, Bola Awofeso, Eve Kaplan,
May Chilton, Alan Ruben
FEEDING FRENZY
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11: Jackie Onassis makes a special appearance to
check out the scene.
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12: The strategy meeting is chaired by Bola Awofeso
at the head of the table. Nobody else (Andreas Nolte,
Alan Ruben and Stacy Creamer included) seems to
be paying any attention, but that's just fine with Bola --- his
proposed strategy has one (and only one) point, namely that Bola
Awofeso shall run the final leg and cross the finish line
under the clock.
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13: Glassy-eyed Stuart Calderwood swigs a drink
to wake himself up.
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14: May Chilton on the other side of the table
needs a wake-up call too.
THE FOOD (subtitle: "You are what you eat")
Now try to match the dishes against the persons.
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PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES
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21: Final adjustments: Eve Kaplan, Ana Echeverri, Andreas
Nolte, Thomas Pennell and Gordon Streeter. Andreas
is a long-time Central Park Track Club member, as indicated
by his early 1990's singlet.
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22: Craig Chilton is the A-team leadoff runner.
Hydrate, Craig!
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23: Peter Allen warns Gordon Streeter, Rhonda
Allen and Stacy Creamer, "Watch out for that camera!"
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24: May Chilton knows who is the real star of this
show --- Bola Awofeso.
THE MEN'S TEAMS
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51: Peter Allen and Alan
Ruben goes through their warmup routine.
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52: The leadoff runner for the A team is Craig Chilton.
This is a sideway view of the guy with the good running form.
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53: Alan Ruben flew in from Budapest the day before
to run this race.
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54: Peter Allen starts the anchor leg for the A
team along the waterfront
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55: Peter Allen comes from the home stretch.
He is recorded by a videocamera on one side, but everyone else
on the other side is looking at something else.
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56: Peter Allen crosses under the finish clock
in 2:26:27, with the satisfaction that this is faster than Alan
Ruben's individual PR.
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57: Peter Allen receives a congratulatory handshake
from a young boy.
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58: Andreas Nolte was volunteered by his team captain
Bola Awofeso to run two legs for the B team under a blazing
sun, in spite of his protestations that he had not radced in two
years.
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59: Meanwhile Thomas Pennell was volunteered by
his team captain Bola Awofeso to run what looks like a nasty uphill
leg.
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60: Bola Awofeso exercised his team captain's prerogative
to reserve the anchor leg for himself. But with glory also
comes responsibility. Here he is doing the fastest 800m
of his life, because the loud cheering caused him to think that
someone was right behind him. Of course, no one was there.
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61: Bola Awofeso wanted desperately to have a photo
of himself finishing a marathon in 2:40:32 so that he can retire
gratefully. Unfortunately, destiny intervened in the form
of a few race officials.
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62: Bola Awofeso walks through the chute all smiles,
without realizing yet the photographic proof does not exist.
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63: Now Thomas Pennell and Bola Awofeso
can sit down, relax and wait for the awards ceremony.
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64: Sharing the hardware loot are Peter Allen,
Stuart Calderwood, Bola Awofeso and Andreas Nolte.
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65: Several months after the race, the following official
finish photo arrived. You can bet that Bola Awofeso
has this one framed for prominent display. If you have a
microscope, you might be able to see Thomas Pennell as
the second spectator from the right.
THE WOMEN'S TEAM
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70: Ana Echeverri is in fine
running form.
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71: Post-race interview of Ana Echeverri by her
teammates.
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72: Audrey Kingsley gets ready to take off, as
Alan Ruben and Ana Echeverri watch.
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73: Audrey Kingsley was volunteered by acclamation
to run the longest leg.
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74: Rhonda Allen looks hard down the road.
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75: Rhonda Allen gets ready to make the exchange.
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76: Stacy Creamer goes into the home stretch to
the cheers of the welcoming crowd.
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77: Stacy Creamer crosses the finish line for the
winning women's team.
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78: Instant replay for Stacy Creamer.
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87: Instant replay for Stacy Creamer.
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79: Stacy Creamer does the winner's walk through
the chute.
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80: Stacy Creamer receives accolades from number
one fan Stuart Calderwood.
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81: Team # 5474 is the winning Central Park Track Club
women's team: Stacy Creamer, Rhonda Allen, Eve Kaplan, Audrey
Kingsley and Ana Echeverri.
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82: This may be appear to be the same photo as the previous
one, but there is one marked difference. Can you spot it?
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83: Another shot of the women: Audrey Kingsley,
Rhonda Allen, Stacy Creamer, Ana Echeverri
and Eve Kaplan.
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84: The women's team makes their fashion statement in
civilian clothes: Rhonda Allen, Eve Kaplan, Ana
Echeverri, Stacy Creamer and Audrey Kingsley.
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85: Four and half members of the women's team: Stacy
Creamer (1/2), Rhonda Allen, Ana Echeverri,
Audrey Kingsley and Eve Kaplan.
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86: Mood indigo blue, with Eve Kaplan and Ana
Echeverri (plus half of Audrey Kingsley).
GROUP PORTRAIT (see the batting lineup at the top of this
page)
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91: In this first group photo, some
of the people are looking away in another direction.
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92: In this second group photo, we find out that those
people were looking in the direction of this camera.
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93: Okay, finally, everybody altogether in this one (and
only one) direction! And you thought it was all just point-and-click.
THE DOG
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99: When we received the photos,
there was one with a dog in it. We have no idea what this
means, and we need some help to explain this. So far, no
one has enlightened us about this matter. Audrey Kingsley
has said, "I think this must be killing you --- the idea
that there is something out there that you don't know about!"
(Photo credits: Bola Awofeso,
Craig Chilton, Paul Rubenstein and a horde of other
wannabes)
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