True runners will travel far for the best in the sport.  In August 2001, the 8th IAAF World Championships were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  These photos came from Roy Altman (Taconic Road Runners Club).

• Photo 01:  Celebration by the USA 4x400m gold medal relay team of Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Leonard Byrd and Derrick Brew.
• Photo 02:  Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) leads out the Men's 5000m race at a torrid pace as part of the pre-planned team strategy.  Since Sammy has the credentials (12:58 PR) to maintain that pace, the rest of the pack could not afford to let him get away altogether.
• Photo 03:  The women's 5000m was the most controversial race in these championships --- did Olga Yergerova use EPO to win?
• Photo 04:  The men's 1500m was an easy win by Hicham El Guerrouj.  This race was scheduled at 6pm EST, at the exact moment when ABC's television coverage went off the air, so all you New Yorkers will have to look at this picture and use your imagination.  Well, it looked like Hicham's teammate took it out fast and had the rest of the field strung out, so that there was no risk of a repeat of that famous tripping in the Olympics.
• Photo 05:  World Championship VIPs include: Stuart Calderwood, Eden Weiss and Stacy Creamer.  Before leaving, Eden promised that he would showcase the Central Park Track Club brand name in Edmonton.  Oh, how we wish we could get those new uniforms with the emblazoned centralparktc.org soon!  Was this a group excursion?  Not at all.  For whatever reasons, Stuart & Stacy decided to go to this shopping mall and ran into Eden.  Small world.
• Photo 06:  Eden Weiss with one of the real VIPs --- Gabriela Szabo, the 1500m champion advertised at 5'1" tall and 92 pounds light.
• Photo 07:  Eden Weiss sandwiched between Derartu Tulu (10,000m champion) and Gezahegne Abera (marathon champion).