PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 1:  In last year's race, Toby Tanser had red hair and leopard-skin body tights.  This year, he has neon-green hair and a grass skirt.  So next year, he should have light blue hair and a bikini?  P.S. Is Rob Zand thinking, "Oh, I wish I thought of that!"
• Photo 2:  As Ramon Bermo shows by example, a coach's job includes fastening the chip on the runner's shoe.  His pained facial expression is not from the stress of the work, but from seeing a camera in his face.
• Photo 3:  This was a sunny morning, according to this photo of Ramon Bermo with the Central Park South buildings in the background.  But there was actually a cold wind --- straight from Canada, of course!
• Photo 4:  Victor Osayi said, "Hey, I am not running this race.  I thought about it, but the coach told me not to.  So I am here just to pick up the race packet for a friend."
• Photo 5:  When we saw this race official walking around with a telephone, we were really impressed.  But G'mo Rojas said, "You mean this 1970-style phone?  Hey, I'm not doing anything important."  Indeed, we found out that he even lost the job of collecting the raffle numbers after the race.
• Photo 6:  Having skipped a few years of racing, Ricardo Granados still has a vintage early 1990's singlet.

0.3 MILE MARK (East 72nd STREET) (photo credit: Bola Awofeso)

• Photo 11:  First through the corner are ... Frank Schneiger, Irene Jackson-Schon and Betty Marolla.  They were so far ahead that they even had a big lead over the race leaders.
• Photo 12:  Toby Tanser did not seem to be slowed down by this grass skirt as he leads everyone around the corner.
• Photo 13:  High visible is Stacy Creamer, and trying to look invisible is Fasil Yilma.
• Photo 14:  J.R. Mojica
• Photo 15:  Sid Howard said, "I don't know what happened, but I started in the back.  Somehow, it took me a mile to catch Mary Rosado, and it was the turnaround before I caught J.R."  Officially, his clock time was 20:11 and his chip time was 19:53; he was first M60-64.  Etsuko Kizawa also appears in this photo.
• Photo 16:  Carlos Stafford

1.9 MILE MARK (East 72nd STREET) (photo credit: Bola Awofeso)

• Photo 21:  Leader pack of three: Art Gunther, Toby Tanser and Aloui Fouzi (WS).
• Photo 22:  Ricardo Granados
• Photo 23:  Gordon Streeter
• Photo 24:  Fasil Yilma.  Excuse us, but where is that bib?
• Photo 25:  Stacy Creamer said, "As I ran along, people kept telling me that I was the first woman.  Well, I knew that Gilliam Horovitz was in front of me and I can't imagine how she could have dropped out of a 5K race."
• Photo 26:  Sid Howard
• Photo 27:  J.R. Mojica
• Photo 28:  Landon Wickham makes an appearance on this page courtesy of his photographer friend
• Photo 29:  Time enough for Diane Lebowitz to wave her hand.

2.1 MILE MARK

• Video 1:  Our digital cameras have the ability to capture short movies as well as still photos.  Since much of the talk this week is about Toby Tanser's famous running form, we thought we would experiment a little.  Unfortunately, this experiment seemed to have gone awry.  At this point of the race, Toby Tanser is barely visible since he is running right behind Aloui Fouzi.  Please note that you have tilt your head sideways to watch this --- this is a technical issue that has very much to do with Toby's height!

3 MILE MARK

• Video 2:  Another botched attempt to catch Toby Tanser on the run ...
• Photo 30:  Toby Tanser
• Photo 31:  Before the race, Dave Howard said, "I probably should get an orange singlet."  So don't forget to send that email in ASAP!
• Photo 32:  Coming down the home straight is Audrey Kingsley, who said, "I'm not supposed to run today ... yet.  But it is too cold to be just standing around."
• Photo 33:  Ricardo Granados
• Photo 39:  Stacy Creamer
• Photo 34:  Sid Howard said, "I'm in a hurry because I have to work on a job at 11am."
• Photo 35:  J.R. Mojica
• Photo 36:  Carlos Stafford
• Photo 37:  Diane Lebowitz
• Photo 38:  Sylvie Kimché got orange tights, which makes her more orange than anyone else

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 40:  Quite happy to even finish this race was Stacy Creamer.  Hoping to just break 20:00, she got 19:08. 
• Photo 41:  Here are the sprinters.  Frank Schiro said, "I ran 16:52 today and Raphael Devalle ran 17:01."  Really.  Hmmm, that sounds awfully slow for a 100m sprint ...
• Photo 42:  Sid Howard said, "No, I am not greedy.  The other bagel is for someone else."  Shall we guess, Toby Tanser?
• Photo 43:  To PowerBar:  here is more photographic documentation (plus additional eyes-on impressions) for your sponsored athlete, Mary V. Rosado.
• Photo 44:  Rob Zand was surprised by Bola Awofeso, "Hey, I thought our photographer was that other guy!"

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES (photo credit: Toby Tanser)

• Photo 45:  Stuart Calderwood and Stacy Creamer share a bagel?
• Photo 46:  Sid Howard asked, "What can I do to stop you from taking photos?  How about another bagel?"
• Photo 47:  Ramon Bermo