During the winter indoor track season, the New York Road Runners Club sponsors a series of races known as Thursday Night at the Races.  These evening track meets have heats for runners of all speeds, are extremely informal (though well organized), and are lots of fun!  Those who are registered users of the Armory can run these races for free.

• Photo 01:  Craig Plummer takes a seat in the infield
• Photo 02:  Mike Guastella and Toby Tanser exchange tips at the starting line.
• Photo 03:  Mike Guastella and Toby Tanser at the starting line again.  (Note: This is a trick photo --- Look at the other people in the line-up: it's not the same race!)
• Photo 04:  When was the last time Toby Tanser in an indoor track race?  "My one and only indoor race came in 1994 when I ran the Swedish Indoor Championships.  I was sick with a cold all week and was eating 12 oranges a day in an attempt to 'get well soon.'  The Thursday before the race I ran a treadmill work out, 5 x 600m @ 2:40 pace per kilometer with a minute's rest.  I knew then I could race. The race was in Malmo on the same track that Wilson Kipketer used to train on, it was fast and good. The large crowd felt as though they were on top of the track and were very vocal.  I ended up with a silver, I had got a taste for the indoors and can't understand why nearly seven years later I still have not raced again indoors!"
• Photo 05:  Before the race, Toby Tanser offered this prognosis:  "The 3000m should see me struggle, I am running with a semi-pulled muscle right now and stretching every 3 mins to try and get pain free."
• Photo 06:  The cheering section in the gallery: Brian Farley, Stuart Calderwood and Stacy Creamer.
• Photo 07:  Craig Plummer towers over the rest of the starters.
• Photo 08:  Craig Plummer is boxed in to the inside at this point.
• Photo 09:  Sue Krogstad-Hill says to Kim Mannen: "Let's take a photo together."
• Photo 10:  Brian Farley switches to indoor track after the California International Marathon
• Photo 11:  We made sure that this photo of Jim Aneshansley included the Armory's new sponsor this year, Coca Cola.  Do you remember that they were a Pepsi place last year?
• Photo 12:  Kim Mannen gets set.
• Photo 14:  Kim Mannen a little closer
• Photo 15:  Sue Krogstad-Hill moving to the inside after the first lap.
• Photo 16:  Sue Krogstad-Hill and Kim Mannen near the finish.
• Photo 17:  Noah Perlis practices the art of looking good for the photographer.
• Photo 18:  Stacy Creamer and Mary Rosado at the starting line of the 800m run.
• Photo 19:  Stacy Creamer in the race next to Sue Szubert (MCNY)
• Photo 20:  Jim Olson and Jim Aneshansley
• Photo 21:  Jim Olson ahead of the pack in the race.
• Photo 22:  Jim Aneshansley
• Phtoo 23:  What is the commotion here?  All we know is that Stacy Creamer is in the middle of the maelstrom.
• Photo 24:  Mary Rosado with that smile ...

(photo credit: Bola Awofeso)