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EIGHT MILE MARK, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

• Photo 01:  Highly visible among the spectators are Tony Ruiz and Kevin Arlyck in neon orange.  Behind Tony are Michael Robinson, Tim Robinson and Rich Joseph.

• Photo 02:  Our team leader Toby Tanser runs with a pack.  Hmm, what is that man in the blue uniform on the far right doing?  Environmental pollution?

• Photo 03:  Rob Zand is buried in the middle of the pack.  Whilst this makes it much harder for our photographer, it is still absolutely the correct thing to do on this very windy day.  Rob says, "In the past, in a situation like this, I am usually the person leading everybody else."

• Photo 04:  Peter Allen is just ahead of top local female Zofia Wieciorkowska.

• Photo 05:  Craig Chilton, just coming off a PR at the Twin Cities Marathon, is under no pressure today.  Dave Howard, wearing a brand new singlet, is behind him.

• Photo 06:  Why is Charlie Stark dipping his cap?  Is he afraid of being recognized?  Is he afraid of being photographed?

• Photo 07:  It seems appropriate that Dr. Randy Ehrlich should appear under a "Red Cross" sign.

• Photo 08:  Shelley Farmer is having a dream day --- feeling good and invincible!  Her two longest races of the year are both half marathons completed in 1:27.  Now she is going to go through the first half of this marathon in 1:25 and not feel a thing.

• Photo 09:  Rick Shaver has a 24 year New York City Marathon streak on the line.

• Photo 10:  Audrey Kingsley has her name spelt out on her arm.

• Photo 11:  Margaret Angell and Stephanie Gould are both not in orange.  In Margaret's case, she is running for charity.

• Photo 12:  Casey Yamazami is up to number 13 in a row. 

• Photo 13:  Alex Peterhansl and David Birchfield are being eyed by a pumpkin because they wear the same colors.

• Photo 14:  Etsuko Kizawa does a time check at the eight mile mark.

30 KILOMETER MARK, FIRST AVENUE

• Photo 21:  Toby Tanser runs in a pack.

• Photo 22:  Alan Ruben has his "The Flash" act down pat as the spectators gawked.

• Photo 23:  Peter Allen produces a money race --- deliver when you are asked to!

• Photo 24:  Rob Zand being lifted up into the air by the 35 mph head wind.

• Photo 25:  We have looked at this photo every which way, but there is absolutely no one in orange here.  Pourquoi faire?  Nevertheless, the appreciative subject has written back, "That's nice, but how about some more pictures of my amie?"

• Photo 26:  Craig Chilton says, "Hi, mom."  He is from Canada, so this wind chill factor today means nothing to him.

• Photo 27:  This is a photo of everybody's favorite runner, Kari Ann Bertrand, in her marathon debut.

• Photo 28:  Stuart Calderwood's strategy for today, considering the weather conditions and his physical condition, "I need a good time, and I won't try to get a great time."  Here he looks perfectly under control.

• Photo 29:  Why do we show a Department of Sanitation singlet here?  Because it belongs to Alston Brown.

• Photo 30:  This is Dave Howard, with someone tucked in right behind him.

• Photo 31:  Charlie Stark does a time check at 30K.  Now, what does that time translate into minutes/mile?  You take your total time and divide it by 18.6 --- that piece of mental arithmetic should take your mind off the pain for a while.  Too hard?  Wait till you reach 20 miles, and the arithmetic gets a lot easier.

• Photo 32:  James Siegel looks ahead --- "Shelley Farmer is only 10 seconds ahead.  I can't believe how well she is running, but I can still catch her."

• Photo 33:  Michele Tagliati says, "I can't say that I like this wind today at all."  It is one of those odd things that cannot be predicted a year in advance.  If this race were held one day earlier, there would be no wind to speak of and the same cool temperatures.  Ditto the day after.

• Photo 34:  This photo of the three musketeers (Gordon Streeter, Olivier Baillet and Jesus Montero) mugging for the photographer would not be much fun if they did not break 3 hours as a result.  They all ran 2:57-2:58.

• Photo 35:  Victor Osayi going up First Avenue.

• Photo 36:  This man ran past our photographer and did not get an acknowledgement.  So he turned out and ran right up to say, "Hey, don't you recognize me?"  Oh, yes, it's Ramon Bermo in Spanish national colors.  ¡Viva España!

• Photo 37:  Colin Frew says, "This is hard!  From now on, I just going to do 5K's and 10K's on my transatlantic trips."  Yes, but that would be at a  much lower ROI (return on investment).

• Photo 38:  Audrey Kingsley says, "Oh, there you are.  I was getting worried because I hadn't seen any of our photographers."

• Photo 39:  Runner # 3905 asks, "Oh, you want a picture of ME?"  No, it's the guy behind you in orange (Robert Francis) that we want.

• Photo 40:  Jerome O'Shaughnessy asks the rhetorical question, "Who is Number One?" and provides the answer himself.

• Photo 41:  Arthur Cooke either has a painful grimace or he is making face at the photographer.  After reading the comment, Arthur wrote: "If that photo was at mile 18, then that is indeed a painful grimace on my face."

• Photo 42:  Seemingly comfortably in the middle of a pack is Carsten Strandlod, now living in Denmark.  His half marathon time was 1:37, as if he had never left for Malawi.

• Photo 43:  Two cheery people --- Yves-Marc Courtines and Shula Sarner --- both of whom will go on to set personal bests today.

23 MILE MARK, LEFT SIDE

• Video:  Prior to the race, we had published this tip to our runners: "Our coaches have described the marathon as being composed of three different parts: the first 10 miles, the next 10 miles and the last 10K.  The last one, even though it is physically shorter, may be the toughest one. However, Central Park Track Club members can divide that last 10K into two parts: (1) think of your goal as running 5K to reach the entrance into the park, at which point you will be greeted loudly by the very large contingent of Central Park Track Club cheerers led by Sid Howard; (2) the next 5K should be easy, because this is your home turf on which you have run many, many times before and which you know you will be able to do once again."  How loud was that cheering section?  You can check out this 5 second video clip of the cheering for Craig Chilton.

• Photo 71:  Here is a closeup of some of the cheering squad members --- Sylvie Kimché, John Kenney, Thomas Pennell, Devon Sargent, John Sargent, Eric Harvey, Sid Howard and friend ...  While standing there, Sid Howard made this prediction: "I know you don't see anyone taking photos of us, but I'll bet that when I check the website later on, there will be pictures of us ..."

• Photo 72:  This is the moment of the break in the women's race, as Ludmila Petrova drives up 'the little hill that feels like a mountain.'  Just coming into sight is Toby Tanser.  His own words were: "The support en route for me personally was amazing, and in the park it became absolutely awesome as shouts of 'Toby' came from seemingly each face.  I can only say that without those souls I’d have quit the race and would be playing the banjo by this stage of the day instead of dueling with Italian ladies."

• Photo 73:  Toby Tanser reaches that loud cheering section.  He would later write: "A huge, huge thanks to all CPTC'ers who came out yesterday on the cold blustery day to make our running so much more enjoyable.  I can only speak for myself but I think 'we' owe you a BIG thank you for your support."

• Photo 74:  When Alan Ruben got there, the cheering was so loud that it was as if he was physically lifted up by the will of the crowd.  Amazingly enough, Alan still had that staccato rhythm of his going here.

• Photo 75:  Our third-place runner Peter Allen ran a veteran's race --- intelligent and ... like an animal!!!

• Photo 76:  Let us re-iterate our web photography policy.  We only take photographs of our teammates.  The only exceptions are if the persons are either French and/or dating our teammates.  The person here qualifies on both counts.

• Photo 77:  Rob Zand figured that he could count on the home turf advantage, so his problem is getting there.  "It was so strange, because we were supposed to be running against a northwesterly gale.  When we turned to head south after the twentieth mile, there was this sudden blast straight in the face!"

• Photo 78:  Right after the Staten Island Half Marathon, in which our men's master team lost some points, and with the New York City Marathon coming up in less than a month's time, Stuart Calderwood said, "I guess it's time to start training for the marathon."  Three days before the New York City Marathon, Stuart indicated that he would not be able to run due to back problems.  On race day, Stuart shows up with a 2:43:04 performance to finish third master on the team.  This performance was described by the coach as 'the best and most important race that he ran this year.'

• Photo 79:  Craig Chilton is about to run through the gauntlet of orange screamers.

• Photo 80:  Hey, Dave Howard, don't look down on the ground --- look ahead for your teammates!

• Photo 81:  Charlie Stark sees his 'junk' miles pay off --- we say that because he is always looking for people to run back downtown with him after the Thursday night workouts.  Has he heard of the subways?  Yes.  In fact, he works for the MTA.

• Photo 82:  Noel Comess came into this race a little bit unsure about an injury.  No problems here.

• Photo 83:  James Siegel has set himself with the reputation of the loudest chanter of "Who Let The Dogs Out?" at our workouts.    Well, there is no time to fool around here because ...

• Photo 84:  ... coming right up is teammate Shelley Farmer.  Those two were swapping leads back and forth --- no pacing here, because it was "run, catch, pass and drop for dead" even between training partners.

• Photo 85:  Since David Newcomb is not in this race, Gordon Streeter finds himself chained to Olivier Baillet instead.  You should check out their intermediate split times.

• Photo 86:  In one sense, this look of pain on Michele Tagliati's face will not make this his favorite photo.  For another reason, though, it will be one of his favorites ... and we don't mean the Parkinson Disease's team tag.

• Photo 87:  Someone asked, "Where was Ramon Bermo in the race?  I did not see him at all."  Well, trying asking yourself this other question, "Do you remember seeing someone carrying a big Spanish national flag?"  If yes, then that was Ramon Bermo.

• Photo 88:  Rick Shaver is climbing Mount Everest here.

• Photo 89:  In the foreground, Stephanie Gould in white.  In the middle, Adam Reiss in orange.  That was good cover as Stephanie got past the cheering section which was looking at the orange.  Unfortunately, that was not enough to fool this photographer.  Why else would we have both sides of the road covered?

• Photo 90:  Colin Frew tries to identify the gallery.

• Photo 91:  Jeff Wilson may be a new member, but everyone recognizes that singlet.

• Photo 92:  Our new team members may not know Charlie Hanley, a long-time member who cannot attend workouts because he works evenings.

• Photo 93:  It is important for us to include a photo of David Birchfield, since his brother Steven provides a favorite link to our website all the way from Michigan, which is almost as faraway as Canada.

• Photo 94:  Yves-Marc Courtines shows us that he can run with eyes wide shut.

• Photo 95:  Sarah Gross: "Where is that photographer of ours?  I haven't seen him at all ..."  Well, Sarah, ask not what your photographer can do for you ... ask what you can do for the photographer, because he will be there when you least expect it ...

• Photo 96:  Alex Peterhansl goes by to the chant of "Alex! Alex! ..."

• Photo 97:  For a while, Stacy Creamer was cheering in one of the more isolated spots in The Bronx, where people need the most help in.  She has now joined our main group, and is telling Luca Trovato and Rori Spinelli, "I can't believe what Stuart did ... I can't believe what Stuart did ... I can't believe what Stuart did ..."

• Photo 98:  This is collateral damage inflicted on the photographer who is on the other side of the road.  Check out that singularity of purpose --- does this man think it is his vocation or what?

QUICK QUIZ:  Having seen this section of the photos, do you know who was the most photographed person here?  Answer: Bill Staub.

23 MILE MARK, RIGHT SIDE

• Photo 45:  Landon Wickham appears on this website courtesy of the photographer.  This is the second week in a row for him.

• Photo 46:  Two more friends of our photographer.

• Photo 47:  Stacy Creamer says, "Hi, cheer for me!  I'm here!"  The cop says, "You better get off the course immediately or I'm going to arrest you!"

• Photo 51:  The members of the chain gang --- Gordon Streeter and Olivier Baillet.

• Photo 52:  Michele Tagliati puts on a growl.

• Photo 53:  Jesus Montero's 2:58 is a personal best by over 13 minutes.  The minor signifcance of this photo is that we can see the blue jeans belonging to our other photographer.  It is just so strange that we can't get any pictures of him on this website ...

• Photo 54:  Here is the man from Spain again, Ramon Bermo.  Someone commented, "That flag is huge.  It just be hard to carry it for 26 miles."   Well, that weight is nothing to our wide-shouldered, barrel-chested triathlete.  We also note that his time was 2:59:55, showing that he can run a sub-three hour marathon at will.  Question: Is this Spaniard a super-patriot?  Who knows for sure?  For our Global Surveillance System observed that this man was "stopping to kiss and hug every attractive women of Spanish citizenship along the course."

• Photo 55:  The mystery of Audrey Kingsley --- Staten Island Half Marathon (1:31:11 on October 15, 2000), New York City Marathon (1:29:59 first half, 3:03:39 finish three weeks later).  How does she do it?

• Photo 56:  Victor Osayi gives out a small smile to the gallery.

• Photo 57:  Colin Frew ran 26 miles and got XXXX frequent flyer miles for this race.

• Photo 58:  Robert Francis in front of Jerome O'Shaughnessy.  Has anyone seen Robert train for a marathon?

• Photo 59:  Kellie Quinones in her first New York City Marathon.  This is a fundamentally different experience from her debut at the Hartford Marathon, such as having a bunch of screaming teammates on the course.

• Photo 60:  Shula Sarner and Arthur Cooke.  In Shula's case, she aimed for 3:16 and got 3:16.

• Photo 61:  A spectator on the other side road points to Casey Yamazaki and shouts, "Hey, Central Park people, here is another one of yours."

• Photo 62:  Blair Boyer shakes his fist to celebrate, "I should work myself to 100 miles this week with this marathon."

• Photo 63:  You can see that Etsuko Kizawa is visibly lifted by the crowd.

• Photo 64:  J.R. Mojica counts who is in the lineup.  One, two, ... many, ...

• Photo 65:  Sandra Scibelli waves through the crowd.

• Photo 66:  Carsten Strandlod, "Okay, so you caught me walking again.  But let me say this --- I am now officially retired from running marathons.  I will never run another one in my life."  That is to say, until the next one?

• Photo 67:  We would have all missed Craig Plummer (hey, what is this grey sweatsuit business?) except that he is too big to miss.

• Photo 68:  "My name is Don, but they call me Carlos (Stafford)."

• Photo 69:  We gotta let Fritz Mueller know that Guenter Erich keeps marathoning.

• Photo 70:  Maureen Dooley-Elmaleh.

SHORT COMMENT:  Having seen these photos for our website, don't you wonder why the whole wide world would want to join our club for this reason alone?

TELEVISION COVERAGE

• Photo 101:  The men's lead pack passes the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where the orange-clad Tony Ruiz and Kevin Arlyck stood.

• Photo 102:  Aubin Sullivan was shadowing Tegla Loroupe on her bicycle as an NBC field monitor (in other words, she is part of the NBC equivalent of the Central Park Track Club's Global Surveillance System)

• Photo 103:  Leader Abdelkhader El Mouaziz enters Central Park, with the row of orange jackets in the background.

• Photo 107:  Here at the 30K mark, the runners are greeted by Central Park Track Club photographer Bola Awofeso on the left.

• Photo 104:  Franca Fiacconi comes back after dropping back on First Avenue.  Here she enters the park and sees the row of orange jackets.  Kim Mannen made this observation: "She is a big woman.  She runs like a horse!"

• Photo 105:  Abdelkhader El Mouaziz crosses the line and kisses the ground.  When Rob Zand saw the replay on television afterwards, he was appropriately shocked and yelled, "Hey, it doesn't count until you cross the second mat! Get up!"

• Photo 106:  Franca Fiaconni kisses the front section of the second mat.  Hey, it's no good until your chip has crossed over the cable hidden underneath that mat!

• Video 02:  Shula Sarner gets four seconds of fame coming through the finish line for her PR.  She's got a kick left!