PRE-RACE ACTIVITIIES (West 101st Street)

• Photo 01:  Carlos Stafford said, "I'm on a 20 mile training run, which is why I am not wearing uniform."  Since we probably cannot find him during the race, we said, "Let's get it over with and do it before the race starts."  So here he is in front of the ducks swimming in the pond.  Carlos is a professional model, and he said, "You'll have to contact my agent about the standard stuff concerning the six-month usage and the residuals."
• Photo 02:  Pam Rasulo (UATH) says, "I think you are confusing me with the bunch of people (including Graeme Reid) who are foolish enough to challenge Toby Tanser in this race."
• Photo 03:  Alan Ruben displays the lumberjacking skills that all our members have refined to such a high degree.
• Photo 04:  Toby Tanser and Tom Phillips at the front of the starting line, exchanging tips.  Behind them is Isaya Okwiya, who has a bigger worry --- he has no idea what his relay partner looks like!
• Photo 05:  The race does not start until Channel 4 (WNBC)'s Audrey Puente can get a live shot.
• Photo 06:  For this race, the CPTC photographer also acted as the NYRRC website photographer.  This is one photo that would never make it to the other site, but it is quite typical of what appears here.
• Photo 07:  Kevin Arlyck had high hopes for his two-person coed team with Margaret Angell, until he heard that the Kim Griffin-Andrey Baranov team was also in the field.  At which point, he said, "Where is Kim Griffin?  I want to see if I can tie her shoelaces together ..."  This picture shows Kim Griffin talking with a friend, and her shoelaces are safe so far.  P.S. Final time --- Baranov-Griffin 1:55:39, 1st place; Arlyck-Angell 2:03:57, 2nd place.  More interesting, Borrero-Borrero, 1:58:13 won the two-person men's division, slower than the co-ed twosome.

4.8 MARK

• Photo 11:  Opposite interpretations of the shortest tangent --- Peter Allen on one side of the road and Dave Howard on the other side.
• Photo 12:  Vincent Trinquesse blocks the sight of Gordon Bakoulis, who was quite patient on the first lap before turning on the afterburners.
• Photo 13:  Slim photo of Bill Komaroff
• Photo 14:  Fortunately for Jon Weilbaker, our photographer was old enough to recognize this singlet.
• Photo 15:  The wall of orange --- Margaret Angell, Tyronne Culpepper, Harry Morales, James Siegel --- is easily the most recognizable colors in the park, but the man to their left (Ramon Bermo) deserves not to be recognized.  Just behind Ramon Bermo is a new member Patrick Cowden, who haven't managed to get a singlet yet (unlike Ramon who elected NOT to wear his).
• Photo 16:  Is that group of people interested in chatting, or are they interested in catching Michelle Rossettie (UATH)?
• Photo 17:  Cat Goodridge, Jerome O'Shaughnessy and Eve Kaplan in final preparating for the Boston Marathon. 
• Photo 18:  Whereas other people form relay teams to beat Toby Tanser, Blair Boyer's goal is a lot simpler.  He wanted only not to be lapped by Toby Tanser.  Since Toby planned to run 5:30/miles, all Blair had to is to reach 15 miles in 1:50.  Unfortunately, Toby missed his estimate and finished in 1:49:10!
• Photo 19:  This picture of Sarah Gross can be used to falsely advertise that running is a serene activity.
• Photo 20:  How many of you have met our new member Robin Roberts?  But now you all know her.
• Photo 21:  Frank Schneiger's question about his partner, "How did Irene look when you saw her?" led to this dumb answer, "She looked good, of course.  What kind of question is that?"
• Photo 22:  Who got Ana Echeverri into a 20 miler?

9.8 MILES

• Photo 31:  Toby Tanser in second place.  The expression on his face is what gives running a bad name.
• Photo 32:  Members of our two winning relay teams.  Two wining teams?  How is that possible?  Graeme Reid is part of the four-men team and Richie Borrero is part of the two-men team.
• Photo 33:  This year, Alan Ruben is going to Boston.  It will also be his wife Gordon Bakoulis' debut as a master marathoner.
• Photo 34:  In Boston, Alan Ruben will be joined by his friend Peter Allen.
• Photo 35:  Dave Howard asked afterwards, "I hope there are not too many pictures of me in pain, because there was plenty of that after being out with an injury for three months."
• Photo 36:  MCNY's Aimee Landry partners with Josh Friedman today.  Josh wrote this note: "Thanks to my partner, I got my first hardware at a NYRRC event. Good day!"
• Photo 37:  Vincent Trinquesse chasing Magdalena Visser.  Actually, Magdalena ran the first leg of the relay (29:27), and this is her warm-down loop.
• Photo 38:  This was a cold and windy day, so you want to stay behind other people.  The exception is when you have a tail wind blasting from behind, in which case everybody (including Rick Shaver) wants as much of it as they can.
• Photo 39:  Harry Morales stalked by James Siegel.  The wall of orange was broken up because Margaret Angell sprinted ahead to finish her relay leg.  About 200m before the exchange zone, Margaret passed master runner Gillian Horovitz.  Afterwards, Margaret said, "I'm lucky to pass the master runner who was running the full twenty miler."  Well, the reality was that there was still another master runner (Gordon Bakoulis) in the twenty miler far ahead.  Stacy Creamer consoled Margaret with these famous words, "On this team, you cannot age gracefully.  Age has nothing to do with it."
• Photo 40:  Jon Weilbaker
• Photo 41:  Tyronne Culpepper said, "The reason that our group broke up was that Central Park Track Club cheering squad.  When the other guys heards the cheers, they just pushed along.  I was going to run at that pace."
• Photo 42:  Tag team match with Irene Jackson-Schon and Frank Schneiger.
• Photo 43:  The Bostonians --- Eve Kaplan, Jerome O'Shaughnessy and Cat Goodridge.
• Photo 44:  Another Bostonian Sandra Scibelli, who said, "I do Boston because I'm from New England."
• Movie 01:  Graeme Reid is the lucky person who got extensive television coverage.

15 MILES

• Photo 51:  By the time you get to the third loop, this race can get congested and confusing.  Here is Toby Tanser running through a crowd.
• Photo 52:  Craig Chilton asks, "Where is Toby Tanser?  Did I bring enough money to pay for his brunch?"
• Photo 53:  Fit and ready for Boston --- Alan Ruben.
• Photo 54:  Although the best photo of Gordon Bakoulis went to the NYRRC website, we saved one for our website.
• Photo 55:  For Olivier Baillet, this race is just a warmup for the real event --- the Central Park biathlon season opener.
• Photo 56:  Compared to Peter Allen's favorite race (the Escarpment Trail Run), this race is just a walk in the park.
• Photo 57:  New runners enjoy the luxury of being to set personal records at every new distance.  But for this race, Josh Friedman actually has a previous time in the same leg in the same race last year.  Today 1:06:18, 1:08:08 last year.
• Photo 58:  The runner next to our Rick Shaver is Miguel Oyorzaval, who had plenty of friends and families taking photos and videos of him during the race.  The difference is that they probably take their trove home to watch it.  As for us, we take loads of pictures and we publish them for the whole wide word to see.
• Photo 59:  Harry Morales said, "I am going to try to stay with Rick Shaver.  The problem is that, even though he is ten years older than me, I don't think I can't stay with him."
• Photo 60:  Bola Awofeso on one side, Jean Chodnick-Stemm (WS) on the other side.
• Photo 61:  Another photographer is capturing evidence of a violation of the rules of competition: "For the safety of all participants, and to satisfy insurance requirements, no skates, baby strollers, baby joggers, headphones, or animals are permitted in NYRRC events."  To claifiy any potential misunderstanding, the animal in question is not Jon Weilbaker.
• Photo 62:  Bill Komaroff introduced himself after the race, "I'm Bill Komaroff ... you know ... the new team member with the e-mail problem."  Oh, yes, that was a long, long story that involves sending someone back to typing school ...
• Photo 63:  Ellen Wallop to Blair Boyer, "Smile!"  No smile from Blair because he just got lapped by Toby Tanser.
• Photo 64:  The Bostonians (Eve Kaplan, Cat Goodridge and Jerome O'Shaughnessy) has just inducted an honorary member, Margaret Angell.  Although Margaret will be in London this year, she was a member of the Harvard track team.
• Photo 65:  Wake up, Ana Echeverri!  There is an emergency (not at the maternity ward) because this is a race.

20 MILES (FINISH)

• Photo 71:  Waiting for the winner are Eddie Coyle (Daily News) and the real CPTC photographer Ellen Wallop.
• Photo 72:  Second place finisher Toby Tanser is flanked by photographers of all manners.
• Photo 73:  Although our four men relay team lost to Toby Tanser, they were the top team in their division.  Stuart Calderwood breaks the tape in 1:52:39.  We remind everyone that there are three master runners on this team.
• Photo 74:  Group portrait of the winning four-men relay team:  Stuart Calderwood, Tom Phillips, Craig Chilton, Olivier Baillet.  Wait a minute!  Olivier Baillet?  Where did he come from?  Olivier is the stand-in here, because Graeme Reid was out doing extra mileage.
• Photo 75:  Alan Ruben in 1:54:59, 8th overall, 1st masters.  He said before the race, "I want to run 5:45/mile."  He ended with a 5:44 average.
• Photo 76:  You advance in this world by rewarding your friends and punishing your enemies.  In gratitude for Famous Saying #1221, we publish this photo of Stephen Marsalee (NYH).  While you reading this, Stephen, why don't you bring Diane Kenna's attention to the rule that race numbers should be visibly secured in front and not to be folded, mutilated or hidden from view?  (Just kidding ...)
• Photo 77:  Peter Allen
• Photo 78:  Josh Feldman said, "When Gordon Bakoulis came up to me at the 14 mile mark, I wanted to run with her.  But she was running at 6 minute/mile pace, so I had to let her go."
• Photo 79:  Harry Morales fell one second short of catching Rick Shaver.  The propriety of passing your senior teammate at the finish line is a subject of controversy around here (see Famous Saying #1250).
• Photo 80:  Guillermo Rojas shows more orange than the Orange.
• Photo 81:  James Siegel
• Photo 82:  Tyronne Culpepper said, "I was with Gordon Bakoulis during the first loop, and she was saying how she didn't feel well."  So how can we learn to not feel well ...?
• Photo 83:  Josh Friedman
• Photo 84:  Why does Blair Boyer have such an expression of pain?  Because the Central Park Track Club chorus line singing "Happy Birthday" to him was really painful to listen to!  If there were a club team championship for choir singing, we shouldn't even bother to show up.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES

• Photo 91:  Audrey Kingsley says, "Oh, you are taking a picture of me!?"  "Actually, no.  Could you move aside please, because you are blocking our view of something interesting behind you?  You see, someone is taking off their pants ..." 
• Photo 92:  The most serious injuries are those that occur when you trip over their own pants and shoes.  This is when your teammate can help you by offering a friendly shoulder.
• Photo 93:  Good deeds must be rewards (and evil deeds must be punished).  For such extraordinary services, James Siegel offers Audrey Kingsley a banana.
• Photo 94:  This is Josh Feldman practicing the art of lumberjacking.  The person leaning against the tree is Arnold Seto (5th overall today), a friend of Josh from Boston.

THE MAIN EVENTS

The bet between the four-men Central Park Track Club team (Tom Phillips, Graeme Reid, Craig Chilton, Stuart Calderwood) and Team Bagel (Toby Tanser, Toby Tanser, Toby Tanser, Toby Tanser) was for lunch (not to last more than the time it took for the slower team to finish).  So the group set off on the long trek to the Starbuck cafe on Broadway and 98th Street.

• Photo 101: Unfortunately, our star Toby Tanser got stopped by fans and had to take out a stick.
• Photo 102: Toby demonstrates the proper way to apply the stick (as in www.thestick.com ).
• Photo 103: We can safely assume that Toby will be able to 'catch up,' so let us make our way out there first.  But can you puzzle out what is the red thing sticking out of that person in front of us?  P.S.  Stacy Creamer has antenna to detect cameras.  She gets a mention here to maintain her google rating leadership.
• Photo 104:  Finally, at Starbucks.  This is Toby Tanser's starter course (the bagels are from Lenny's across the street).
• Photo 105:  Kevin Arlyck makes an astonishing proclamation, "I have never been to a Starbucks before."  And we thought that there was nothing that could be more astonishing than his 4 minute PR today.
• Photo 106:  Margaret Angell leans down to the crotch-level camera and demanded to know, "What are you doing down there?"
• Photo 107:  We are engaged in the business of investigative journalism; in this case, we are watching how Margaret ties her shoe laces and we will report this very useful piece of information to all those who need to know.  Recently, we were accredited as journalists to cover a major book launch (technical note: since this writer is Chinese, that makes him a 'yellow journalist' and his work is therefore 'yellow journalism.'  How appropriate!).
• Photo 108:  The other main event of the day is Blair Boyer's birthday cake.  To be more precise, we are talking about the cup cakes that Audrey Kingsley found locally ("they're not as good as the East Side bakery that I go to.").
• Photo 109:  Late-arriving Graeme Reid picked up their team award trophies: "I was getting some extra miles in, and when I passed by the finish line, they happened to be announcing our names."
• Photo 110:  Anchor leg Stuart Calderwood displays his trophy.
• Photo 111:  This is the dessert course of Toby's treat.

TOBY'S FOOD REVIEW (or so we imagined): "The bagels and coffee were everything that I knew well and expected.  The agreed upon session was to last no more than the time that the losing team took to finish the 20 miles (1:52:39), but it seemed that they all disappeared before time was up.  P.S.  And Tom Phillips was not there at all!"