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"We swept Brooklyn!"
2 MILE PARK (OCEAN PARKWAY)
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11: Toby Tanser's clothing led to some comments.
A long-sleeve white shirt instead of the Fila singlet? A
pair of black tights more appropriate for a cyclist?
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12: Andrey Baranov (WS) and Alan Ruben
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13: Behind them was a big pack, including our Richie
Borrero, Rob Zand, Erik Goetze, Josh Feldman, Stuart Calderwood,
Craig Chilton and Peter Allen. Why did these
people congeal? It was very windy out there! So, Rob,
is there any reason why you should lead the charge?
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14: Graeme Reid says, "Hi! I'm
on center stage with the lead lady!"
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15: Olivier Baillet
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16: Alayne Adams followed by Adam Riess
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17: Audrey Kingsley stayed right in the center
of a pack
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18: Blair Boyer
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19: Jerome O'Shaughnessy and Cat Goodrich
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20: Sarah Gross and Roger Libermann
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21: Carlos Stafford
5.5 MILE MARK (PARK CIRCLE)
7 MILE MARK (PROSPECT PARK)
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101: Toby Tanser --- don't step in that icy
puddle!
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102: What counts in a scoring race? The first
five finishers on the team. There is a runaway team leader
in front. So it is up to the next four, who made a pact
to stay close as long as possible --- Rob Zand, Richie
Borrero, Alan Ruben and Erik Goetze. It
may be windy today, but the brave take the lead! This is
absolutely the best picture of the team today!
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103: Stuart Calderwood and Craig Chilton
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104: Graeme Reid listens to the footsteps
of Gordon Bakoulis
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105: Kevin Arlyck, local Prospect Park runner
who knows every curve and bump on this road
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106: Olivier Baillet is smiling. Why?
Because he was on PR pace? Yes, that might be the case,
but the reason is that another French person (in the wrong team
colors) is cheering him with "Allez! Allez!"
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107: James Siegel and Rick Shaver
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108: Alayne Adams and Margaret Angell
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109: Michele Tagliati
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110: Victor Osayi in front, Ross Galitsky
hiding in the back
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111: Adam Riess
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112: Vincent Trinquesse
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113: Josh Friedman
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114: Audrey Kingsley, side by side with Deborah
Gaebler (GNY)
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115: Shula Sarner, Manny Tejada (unattached),
Diane Kenna (NYH)
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116: Eve Kaplan
9 MILE MARK (PROSPECT PARK)
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41: Toby Tanser in the lead. Today,
Toby led our undefeated men to the second win of the year.
Our women won too, but we can't say for sure how much impact Toby
had on them with this e-mail on Friday: "Tomorrow you can
shine! I really think, and believe, in our women's team
for this race. The fighting spirit You gave in the Snowflake Four
Miler is easily enough to carry us through. In the World
Champs XC the Kenyan team has won for the last 15 -years and I
believe this to be for one major reason. Moments before
the gun goes off, they look at each other and say one word - 'Pamoja.'
The word means 'together' and together we'll do it. The
men's team will be with you every step of the way ... because
tomorrow it is Your day to shine, together." But our
photographers can say that they were psyched! An alternate
thesis for the success was advanced by Alayne Adams: "During
the Tuesday workout, Stuart Calderwood had us running one
mile at half marathon pace in the end. It was SO EASY!
I thought I could keep doing that forever."
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42: Erik Goetze and Alan Ruben
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43: Rob Zand
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44: Richie Borrero
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45: Josh Feldman
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46: Craig Chilton and Stuart Calderwood
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47: Olivier Baillet
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48: James Siegel and Rick Shaver
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49: Margaret Angell
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50: Michele Tagliati
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51: Vincent Trinquesse and Adam Riess
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52: Scott Willett ready to get a kiss from
Julie Denney?
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53: Shula Sarner and her escort fleet
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54: Audrey Kingsley
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55: Jerome O'Shaughnessy
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56: Cat Goodrich
11 MILE MARK (PROSPECT PARK)
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117: Due to icy condition on the Coney Island boardwalk,
the course was changed to include two loops inside Prospect Park.
It gets to be a problem for the faster runners who are lapping
the slower runners. At least, Toby Tanser had a police
escort leading the way.
12.8 MILES (HILL DRIVE)
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61: Erik Goetze tries to catch Alan Ruben
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62: Richie Borrero
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63: Stuart Calderwood
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64: Craig Chilton
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65: Kevin Arlyck
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66: Rick Shaver, James Siegel and
Yvonne Callan-Brito (TGG)
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67: Margaret Angell: "At the 12 mile
mark, I was at 1:17 and coach Tony started yelling, 'Did you hear
that time? You can break 1:25!' So I tried my best
in the last mile."
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68: Alayne Adams
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69: Vincent Trinquesse
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70: Michele Tagliati
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71: Adam Riess and Victor Osayi
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72: Ross Galitsky
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73: Shula Sarner
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74: Jerome O'Shaughnessy
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75: Josh Friedman and Audrey Kingsley
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76: Cat Goodrich
13 MILES (HILL DRIVE)
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During the post-race interview, Toby Tanser explains why
he opted to take the lead even though conventional wisdom would
have advised using other runners to shield against the head wind.
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121: A side question for the day: Is Erik Goetze
ready to take Alan Ruben? Answer: Not just yet (7
seconds over 13.1 miles)
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122: Erik Goetze
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123: Rob Zand
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124: Richie Borrero
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125: Stuart Calderwood
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126: Craig Chilton
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127: Graeme Reid, our third master finisher
on the first place master men's team (undefeated this year)
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128: Kevin Arlyck
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129: Olivier Baillet
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130: James Siegel said, "Lately, my
encounters with the photographer have not been happy moments."
Here, he is recorded in attempting to outkick two senior members
(Rick Shaver and Charlie Stark). Or maybe
he is hearing the footsteps of Margaret Angell?
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131: A personal best of 1:24:50 by Margaret Angell
in preparation for the London Marathon. She said, "London
is a flat course. After that 3:00:09 at New York last year,
this time if I don't break 3 hours, I'm gonna (negative thoughts
deleted by editor --- they are strictly forbidden, Margaret!)."
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132: Shula Sarner set a huge personal best
by 5 minutes. She was also the third scorer on our winning
women's team. An immediate consequence of this breakthrough
performance is that she will probably be 'democratically voted'
by her current training partners into the next group!
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133: Victor Osayi was deeply disappointed
today. He said, "Tyronne Culpepper sent me an
e-mail to say how he was going to kick my butt. I get out
here looking to kick his butt, but he was nowhere to be seen!"
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134: If you are camera-shy, you are on the wrong
team! Scott Willett does his dodger routine.
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135: Jerome O'Shaughnessy
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136: Blair Boyer
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137: Eve Kaplan
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138: Craig Plummer
STORY OF THE DAY
The story of the day is not about the great team/individual
performances (1st place men AND 1st place women) or
the huge team turnout. It is about the cheering squads who
appeared all over the place. Somewhere during the race, a
racer turned to our Victor Osayi and said, "Oh, I wish
I were with the Central Park Track Club. They have fans everywhere."
(And we have photographers everywhere too! They took so many
pictures that they were out of battery and film at the end of the
race). Here are some of those fans today.
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99: Isaya Okwiya and Ramon Bermo ---
all over the place and LOUD!
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98: One reason why we seemed to be so many is that
we are highly mobile. This is Stacy Creamer speeding
(see the strain on her face!) to the next observation point on
her bike. P.S. This mention maintains her google rating
leadership.
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97: Photographer Bola Awofeso and his personal
assistant Julie Denney, who holds the important job of
walking his bike. Julie said, "Oh, I'm so sorry.
I forgot that I should be carrying your backpack too."
Did we ever mention that our photographers have a cushy job with
many side benefits?
Oh, of course, the big event of the day actually
occurred around the 5 mile mark and was the talk of the day after
the race. Unfortunately, we cannot report on that story (if
you must know, go ask Herbie Medina (Millrose)). P.S.
On account of this event, the subject has amassed what popular sentiments
feel is an insurmountable lead on the Most Dedicated Team Runner
Of The Year award.
HOW TOBYMANIA RUNS
Toby's win in Brooklyn makes seven NYRRC race
wins for him this year. As is his trait, he is unlikely to
mention that fact in his writeup or on his own home page.
Now, some of you may not appreciate the circumstances under which
he does this, for you must assume that he is a professional runner
bankrolled by Fila/Leppin/Icelandic Air and/or the Iceland/Sweden/Kenya
T&F Associations, trains all day and runs 180 miles a week,
has no real job and lives off his race earnings (after deducting
10% commission for his road race management company). Well,
well, well, ... let us enlighten you a bit by telling you what he
did before and after the Brooklyn race:
Thursday: He ran three times with private clients who
can run no faster than 12 minutes per mile for an hour each.
You may think 12 minutes per mile is easy, but you should try to
do that for three hours and it is a lot harder than 8 minutes per
mile pace. He was too tired to train for himself after that.
Friday: He ran only twice with private clients this day.
Too tired to train for himself all the same. Cycled all over
Manhattan to drop off race numbers to at least twelve of his athletes
who will be running in the half marathon.
Saturday: On race day, he ran 1:09:51 to win the Brooklyn
Half Marathon. The race had a 25 mile-per-hour head wind for
the first half, and the second half was two loops around the rolling
hills in Prospect Park. In the same afternoon, he trained
the police cadets on running around the reservoir, running with
them to help them meet the departmental qualification time for 1.5
miles.
Sunday: Morning --- four laps around the five-mile
dirt path loop in Central Park for 21 miles in total. There
were blisters on his feet that a teammate pierced with a sterilized
race number safety-pin. His feet are so painful that he can
hardly even walk across the floor. The good thing was that
he can work on his writing (the revised edition of his book comes
out in two weeks).
Monday: Guess what? Four more clients ...
P.S. If you think you can pay your rent with NYRRC race winnings,
think again! In 2001, if you can beat 1:06 for the half marathon,
30:30 for 10K, 24:00 for 5 miles and 15:00 for 5K, you get $100
(and don't forget, most of the races are inside Central Park!) and
no one has collected yet. So far this year, Toby has collected
$200 for being 2nd in the only prize-money race (Al Gordon 15K)
and $100 for breaking the course record at the Lucky Seven Reversible
7 Miler.
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