Photo 01:  The assembly point for the road workouts is by the Daniel Webster statue at the intersection of West Drive and the 72nd Street transverse inside Central Park.  We meet at this location on Thursday throughout the year.  These photos were taken on July 13, 2000.

Photo 02:  If you arrive too early, you can mill around and talk to people about the four standardized runners' topics: your training, your races, your equipment and your injuries.  Here, Richie Borrero displays his brand new Nike shoes, which famously comes in only three sizes (small, medium and large).

Photo 03:  You are also advised to stretch properly before the workout, as Jerome O'Shaughnessy does here.

Photo 04:  Here Julie Denney relates her weekend triathlon experience in which she logged significant television time by leading through the bike leg with the television crew right with her.  Now, if only she could figure out where and when this segment is going to be aired ...

Photo 09:  The Central Park Track Club does not have a club house inside Central Park.  This means that the only place to leave your stuff is in the bushes ... (technical note: sly inside joke present here)

Photo 05:  The process begins with the coach Tony Ruiz addressing those present.  Just when he starts is a matter of serious speculation.  Although the published start time is 7:00pm, the empirically observed start times ever since we began to take records have ranged from 6:57pm to 7:28pm.

Photo 06:  Please note that there is a clear space the coach and the team members, which is the pedestrian path for citizens going across the park.  We respect the rights of other users of the park.

Photo 07:  After the details of this workout are described by the coach, the team moves to the roadway.  Typically, the team is split into four groups based upon pace (usually current 10K time 42 minutes or slower, 39 to 42 minutes, 37 to 39 minutes and faster than 37 minutes).  The slower group starts first and the fastest group goes out last.  Here, the coach receives a request for help from a newcomer, "I have no idea how this park is laid out."  Easy, just tell him to follow the leader, which would be a reliable person (in this case, Charlie Stark) who is not known to break off midway.

Photo 08:  These are the fastest studs on our team.  One of them, Dave Howard, says, "Ah, I am going to get photographed today!"  There will be plenty more opportunities, as the Central Park Track Club is the most photographed team in the universe with 3,500+ photos on the website at this moment.

Photo 10:  Finally, they are let loose with big smiles.  On the right, the two supervisors of the day were Michael Trunkes and coach Tony Ruiz.

Photo 11:  A team workout is about running together and feeding energy off each other.  One loop later, Dan Sack runs with Richard Kixmiller.