RELATED PHOTO ALBUMS:  Brunch and Softball Game

ROOKIE PARADE
(For this race, we have many newcomers who are wearing the club colors; you may have read about their names in the workout descriptions, or read about how they did in other races, or even seen them run in the races out of uniform.  So this is our guide to these new faces)

• Photo 01:  Molly Greig is no rookie --- already she is demanding to know what pictures are being taken of her ...
• Photo 02:  Graeme Reid comes from the United Kingdom, but knew all about us through our website.  He ran 1:19 in the Manhattan Half Marathon and was completely missed by our photographers because he was wearing deep blue.
• Photo 03:  The man on the left is Alston Brown in his first road race.  He has already won a bunch of track races in phenomenal times, including the M50-54 800m and 1500m titles at the National Outdoor Track & Field Championships last week in Eugene (Oregon).  The man on the right is Craig Plummer, not nicknamed "The Body" for nothing (email: bodycraig@aol.com)
• Photo 04:  Julie Francis has to explain that she has been a club member for some time, but people may not know her because she can't make it to the workouts often enough.
• Photo 05:  Shula Sarner's photos has the widest circulation among all our team members --- USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Australia and Chile.
• Photo 06:  Robert Francis has dual citizenship in track and road.
• Photo 07:  Mindy Solkin is not a new member, but this is the first time she donned this singlet.
• Photo 08:  Transcontinental commuter Colin Frew and his buddy Gordon Streeter are not rookies, but this is the only photo today of newcomer Michael Rumer (26:41, sixth on the team) who is not known to many people yet.

PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 11:  Getting ready is Michele Tagliati, celebrating his birthday and his first masters race.
• Photo 12:  Lumberjacking is the occupational specialty of Central Park Track Club ...
• Photo 14:  Tony Ruiz: "I'm having a bad day.  I left my car key inside my car, so I'll have to go to Brooklyn to fetch the extra set."
• Photo 16:  Bola Awofeso is armed to the teeth with photographic equipment.

MEN'S START

• Photo 21:  Toby Tanser at the front of the start line.
• Photo 22:  And the starter's horn goes off ...

MEN'S RACE, WEST 86th STREET (1.5 MILES)

• Photo 34:  Jonathan Pillow
• Photo 36:  Jack Brennan with Brian Barry in the back
• Photo 37:  Frank Handelman gets to run next the legendary Gary Muhrcke (winner of the first two New York City Marathons)
• Photo 38:  Blair Boyer and John Gleason
• Photo 35:  Eden Weiss
• Photo 39:  Tyronne Culpepper runs to make sure that he is last on the team

MEN'S FINISH

• Photo 61:  Toby Tanser finished third in the race.  His complaint afterwards to the photographer is, "I thought you were supposed to tell me how far I am ahead of the next person."
• Photo 63:  Robert Francis had enough energy left to wave hello to the photographer.
• Photo 62:  Jose LaSalle
• Photo 64:  Frank Handelman had this contorted facial expression.  His distance running has been curtailed by a foot problem, but this was one race he felt he really wanted to do.  This race was a personal record for him (that is, about four minutes slower than he ever ran before ...)
• Photo 65:  Blair Boyer wears the new singlet that he obtained right before the race.  He was offered a choice of Large or Extra-Large.  He said, "If it doesn't fit me now, I want to be able to fit into it."
• Photo 66:  As per Eden Weiss's pre-race request, we stayed put at our post until he came around.  His tip ("you should be able to hear me groaning from a quarter mile down") did not work because of the crowd noise.

WOMEN'S START

• Photo 72:  This is a wide shot of all the women in the race.  (This is our equal opportunity shot for the other clubs ...)
• Photo 73:  The wonderful Shelley Farmer leans forward and listens for the starter's horn ...
• Photo 74:  Margaret Angell says to herself, "C'mon, let's get the race going already!  I've got to catch a plane for Sienna (Italy)."  For this team race, she had postponed her family vacation.

WOMEN'S RACE, WEST 85th STREET (1.5 MILES)

• Photo 46:  Shelley Farmer, with Stacy Creamer growing out of her head
• Photo 45:  Margaret Schotte
• Photo 47:  A smiling Julie Francis with Mary Rosado behind
• Photo 48:  Sandra Scibelli
• Photo 49:  Mindy Solkin ahead of a pack that includes Sylvie Kimché
• Photo 50:  Irene Jackson-Schon complains, "I can't hear the cheers!  Louder!"

WOMEN'S RACE, EAST 85th STREET (1 MILE TO GO)

• Photo 51:  Standing right at that point was Coach Tony Ruiz
• Photo 52:  Stacy Creamer
• Photo 53:  Ooooh!  This looks like it hurts like hell --- Shelley Farmer just ahead of Margaret Angell
• Photo 54:  Kim Mannen ("Ms. Exuberance"?)
• Photo 55:  Wait a minute, this is not a woman ... it's Richie Borrero
• Photo 56:  Ana Echeverri
• Photo 57:  Mindy Solkin
• Photo 58:  Sylvie Kimché
• Photo 59:  Carol Tyler

WOMEN'S FINISH

• Photo 70:  Central Park Track Club cheering squad, section 1.
• Photo 71:  Central Park Track Club cheering squad, section 2.  They were so loud that Stacy Creamer thought, "When I saw that screaming line of people, I immediately thought of the gauntlet that the Navy women were forced to run through in that infamous Tailhook incident!"
• Photo 75:  Stacy Creamer was our first finisher, still fighting through a case of plantar faciistis.
• Photo 76:  Shelley Farmer was third, in the middle of her triathlon season
• Photo 77:  Stephanie Gould and Margaret Schotte are just one step apart.  Margaret is another who has lost training time to an injury.  Together with Margaret Angell, all five ran 31:XX.
• Photo 78:  Audrey Kingsley ran together with the doctor's permission after an MRI showed no stress fracture in her foot.
• Photo 79:  Molly Greig looks at Shula Sarner just in front of her.  Just a moment ago, the coach had told Shula, "It's a quarter mile to go in the race.  Remember how fast you can run on the track?  This is where you rule!", enough to set her off like a rocket (in fact, so fast that our photographer couldn't catch her ...)
• Photo 80:  After this race, Kim Mannen once more announced, "From now on, no race longer than a 5K."  This is her fastest 5 miler ever by about two minutes, which she accomplished simply by going out the first three miles at 5K pace.  Well, for her new career (and her true calling), we suggest that she take a close look at this photo --- "Relax those shoulders, Kim!  You have the leg speed!"
• Photo 81:  Etsuko Kizawa
• Photo 82:  We apologise to Mary Rosado because the PowerBar logo is not distinct in this photo.
• Photo 83:  Irene Jackson-Schon
• Photo 84:  Will we see Laura Miller in the triathlon tomorrow?
• Photo 85:  Ana Echeverri looks hard for that finish line.  Why is it not here yet?
• Photo 86:  Carol Tyler ran this race with no speed training since the Women's Mini-Marathon.  Her mind right now is not necessarily on the race, but she is hosting the brunch at her place later this morning.

POST RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 87:  Shula Sarner, Margaret Angell and Kim Mannen
• Photo 89:  Bola Awofeso took the preceding photo of the trio, and was in turn photographed doing so.
• Photo 88:  Molly Greig and company.
• Photo 17:  Ramon Bermo (center) improved his PR by 30 seconds to 26:53 but found himself in 11th place on the team and out of the scoring.  Here are two reasons --- Rob Zand (26:30) and Jonathan Pillow (25:57).
• Photo 90:  Rich Hollander:  "Since I've paid to run the race, I might as well as get my money's worth with two cups of water ..."
• Photo 91:  Tony Ruiz thanks Tom Hartshorne and Sylvie Kimché for coming today.
• Photo 92:  A little chat between Robert and Julie Francis after the race.
• Photo 13:  Here, Margaret Angell sensed that something was wrong.  So she turned around and yelled, "Are you taking a photo of me!?"  "Who, me?"
• Photo 15:  Figuratively and literally cooling her heel in a cup of ice is Stacy Creamer, who has been diagnosed with a case of plantar fasciitis but ran today and will do the Central Park Triathlon tomorrow.
• Photo 93:  Team president John Kenney thanks coach Tony Ruiz for a successful campaign: third place open men, first-place masters men, second place senior masters men, fourth place open women, third place masters women, first place senior masters women. 
• Photo 94:  Today is Michele Tagliati's birthday, being also his first masters race.  But the happiest person might be his daughter Isabella?

GROUP PORTRAIT

• Photo 96:  Mass group portrait (note: one of these days, we're going to figure who's who ...)
• Photo 95:  An alternate (and not as good) version of the group portrait.
• Photo 97:  Supplementary photo of those who were not there at the moment that the large group photo was taken --- David Newcomb, Colin Frew, Audrey Kingsley, Craig Chilton, Molly Greig, Ramon Bermo, Noel Comess, Gordon Streeter.
• Photo 98:  An alternate (and better) version of the supplementary photo.

TECHNICAL NOTES

• Although we had two photographers covering different parts of the park, we found the task to be overwhelming difficult.  For example, given that we have 9 men running 26:XX and 5 women running 31:XX, all we were seeing was a continuous stream of people zooming right by us before we even had time to recognize and react.  We are sorry for missing some of you on the course.  Next year, we'll hire spotters equipped with walkie-talkies ...