PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 01: A nice spring morning drew Jeff Kisseloff down to the park from his country estate.  Kim Mannen is behind him.

• Photo 02: Tyronne Culpepper says, "The Central Park Track Club singlet requires shorts with matching colors."

• Photo 03: Believe it or not, social mixing is actually admissible, so long as they (Stéphane Bois and Eve Kaplan) wear their own team uniforms and are chaperoned by a New York City park ranger.

• Photo 04: This man in the Central Park Track Club singlet has two red dots on his cheeks.  Why ... ?

• Photo 05: Oh, we get it --- Ramon Bermo is supposed to be a Pokémon.

• Photo 06: Here are two more members of The Fast Pokémons team --- Julia Casals and Sylvie Kimché.

• Photo 07: Julia says, "When the Pokémons get together, they get electrically charged and they can go much faster."  Yes, we can discern the mind of Toby Tanser behind all this.

• Photo 08: Harry Morales says, "Don't worry.  I won't ask you to hold my handkerchief for me."

LOOP 1 (5 MILES)

• Photo 11:  Running in the Ralph Lauren Polo singlet  is Stéphane Bois.  He will be billed for getting the name of his advertising patron mentioned in this paragraph.  We are obviously obnoxious enough to copyright this photo to prevent unauthorized usage.
• Photo 12: Here is the lead runner of The Fast Pokémons, Ramon Bermo.  He would come back to run the fourth leg of his NYU relay team.
• Photo 13: In the full 20 Miler, Alan Ruben is followed by Jaime Palacios.
• Photo 14: The very camera-shy Craig Chilton is flanked by Harry Morales on his right and Rich Hollander on his left.
• Photo 15: Arthur Cooke looks like he started his first loop very aggressively.
• Photo 16: Olivier Baillet almost sneaked past our photographer.
• Photo 17: Dan Hamner is not in the race, but he was collateral damage caused by the photographer.
• Photo 18: We need a sign interpreter to figure out what Tyronne Culpepper is trying to say.  More significant is the presence of Kim Mannen, who is supposedly on a countdown schedule --- the Boston Marathon is supposed to be her tenth (and last ever) marathon as she will turned to running track from then on; so this twenty-miler may also be her last?

LOOP 2 (9 MILES)

• Photo 21: Here is a photo of an unidentifiable team --- the Borrero twins in a relay team.  Which one is this?  Richie or Danny?  Answer: The official listing says #2281 is Richie.
• Photo 22: After two loops, Alan Ruben is still just ahead of Jaime Palacios.  In fact, the same configuration reappeared on the third loop.
• Photo 23: Craig Chilton and Rich Hollander are still chained together.
• Photo 24: Olivier Baillet and Arthur Cooke running in tandem.  In this case, the photographer was strategically positioned at the crest of Cat Hill for maximum effect.
• Photo 25: Audrey Kingsley failed in her evasive maneuver to dodge behind another runner.
• Photo 26: Ross Galitsky makes a little speech, "I'm not Superman.  Even though I did the 830am Biathlon before this 20 Miler, I did not do the 6am bicycle race."  See the cat on the hill?

LOOP 3 (14 MILES)

• Photo 31: Yawn!  It's Craig Chilton and Rich Hollander again.
• Photo 32: Harry Morales.
• Photo 33: Olivier Baillet, sans Arthur Cooke now.
• Photo 34: Looking at his shadow cast by the intense sun on the ground, Arthur Cooke must be thinking, "It's HOT today."
• Photo 35: Sylvie Kimché says, "This Pokémon really doesn't feel very fast today."  After looking at this photo, she said, "I look amazingly well considering how poorly I was feeling."
• Photo 36: Tyronne Culpepper laughs at the sight of some guy in an orange t-shirt wearing a backpack wrapped around a lamppost pointing a camera at him.

LOOP 4 (18 MILES)

• Photo 41: Here is a mystery again  --- white numbers are for relay runners, but here is the same Borrero in legs 2 and 4.  Or is it?  According to the official listing, #3281 is Danny.  But are you sure?  Compare with Photo 21.  Can you tell the difference?
• Photo 42: Alan Ruben is full of 'negative' thoughts --- whereas Jaime Palacios ran right with him for the first three loops, Alan absolutely hammered the last loop.  Alan's lead at this point was 45 seconds.