LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW ...

• Photo 01:  The date is April 9th and this is supposed to be springtime.  Can you believe that this is what we saw outside the window --- snow swirling around in the gusty winds?
• Photo 02:  Frank Handelman said, "When I got up this morning and saw the snow, I said to myself, 'I've got to do this race now!'"  Besides, he added, this is his final race in the M50-54 age group.  Happy birthday, Frank!
• Photo 03: Jerome O'Shaughnessy came with the right equipment for the weather --- a cowboy hat!

MILE 1

• Photo 11:  Toby Tanser is in the lead pack, all of whom seemed to be running with eyes wide closed to avoid the snowflakes getting into their eyes.  Technical note: those specks in the photo are snowflakes.
• Photo 12:  Mary Rosado leads our women's master.
• Photo 13: Jane Kenney is another women's master.
• Photo 14: Sylvie Kimché is another women's master.  Their photos were taken because they were in orange!  Please, no more generic whites or dark blues!  (technical note:  our first women's master finisher was in fact Julie Francis, whom we could not locate at all).

MILE 3.1

• Photo 21:  Back comes the lead pack of four with Toby Tanser slightly ahead. 

FINISH LINE

• Photo 31: Now is the time for Toby Tanser to pull out all the stops.
• Photo 32: Unfortunately, this was not the day for Toby Tanser.  But this is nothing that cannot be fixed with a few track workouts with Isaya Okwiya.  The back of Toby's singlet reads LIFEGUARD.  Does anyone need to be saved from drowning today?
• Photo 33: Stephanie Gould was our first female finisher.
• Photo 34: Margaret Schotte was our second female finisher in her first race for the club.  It was only on April 1st that we spoke about her future contribution, and the future is here already.  Technical note:  That's just snow flakes accumulating on the top of her head and not white hair --- she's only 24 years old.
• Photo 35: Audrey Kingsley was our third female finisher, in her favorite white shirt with orange gloves.
• Photo 36: Blair Boyer did not have to use the ambulance today.
• Photo 37: Mary Rosado got her photo taken, while Jane Kenney and Sylvie Kimché were blocked from view.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 41: Jane Kenney picked up the refreshment box and then negotiated the mud to get the drinks.
• Photo 42: Margaret Schotte looked up and saw the camera.  She sounded quite relieved, saying "I thought that maybe no one will know that I ran this race."  Methinks that she seriously underestimate our race coverage.
• Photo 43:  Frank Handelman and Mary Rosado are also in the queue.
• Photo 44: A very happy Sylvie Kimché said that she set a PR today by breaking 31 minutes.  Now, of course, that PR refers to her second running career, as the four mile PR in her first running career must be ... oh, say, at least 7 minutes faster.