RACE CONDITIONS: HOT AND HUMID

MILE 5 (East 86th Street)

• Photo 01:  Alan Ruben is in the top ten.  The park background looks hazy because there was a humid haze which hung like pea soup.

• Photo 02:  Peter Allen.  On this morning, making that V-sign was a complete waste of energy.

• Photo 03:  David Howard.  Bigtime wrong move by ducking behind another runner when his photographer is setting up the camera.

• Photo 04:  Graeme Reid

• Photo 05:  Vincent Trinquesse

• Photo 06:  Harry Morales

• Photo 07:  Yumi Ogita

MILE 8 (West 83rd Street)

• Photo 11:  Alan Ruben

• Photo 12:  Peter Allen

• Photo 13:  David Howard

• Photo 14:  David Howard

• Photo 15:  Graeme Reid

• Photo 16:  Vincent Trinquesse

• Photo 17:  Lauren Esposito (unattached)

• Photo 18:  Yumi Ogita

• Photo 19:  Mark Sowa

• Photo 20:  Michael Siegell

• Photo 21:  Audrey Kingsley.  She may wear a smile, but her words were bitter: "It is so CRUEL for you to take photos today!"

• Photo 22:  Larry Thraen

• Photo 23:  Fred Trilli

• Photo 24:  Jesse Lansner

• Photo 25:  Michael Rosenthal

• Photo 26:  Bryan Proctor

• Photo 27:  Jonathan Zuckerman

MILE 13 (West 66th Street)

• Photo 31:  Alan Ruben.  He said to Audrey Kingsley afterwards, "This was my worst race in the whole time that you have known me."  Ditto for Audrey's own race.

• Photo 32:  Peter Allen

• Photo 33:  David Howard.  Our photographer asked us to post this trivia quiz: "Where is the best spot to watch a race?"  Answer:  "Right in front of the Central Park Track Club photographer!"  Apparently, people see this person with an over-sized camera and assume that he must know what is good and then they promptly park themselves right in front of him!  And this being Manhattan, his complaints are typically countered with "F*** YOU!  I have my rights!"

• Photo 34:  Graeme Reid

• Photo 35:  Anthony Mayorkas (in black!  to make sure that the heat is retained?)

• Photo 36:  Mark Sowa

• Photo 37:  Michael Siegell

• Photo 38:  Larry Thraen

• Photo 39:  Vincent Trinquesse

• Photo 40:  Harry Morales

• Photo 41:  Terri Sonenclar

• Photo 42:  Shelley Farmer: "I just spent nine days in France, doing the Tour de France tour and logging four hundred and fifty miles on the bike.  Unfortunately, this just meant that I am in condition for cycling.  As for running ..."

• Photo 43:  Tyronne Culpepper

• Photo 44:  Fred Trilli

POST-RACE

• Photo 51:  Brian Barry: "Of the four half marathons that I have done this year, this one has the worst conditions!"

• Photo 52:  Luis Lima would agree with that sentiment

• Photo 53:  Chris Price: "How about some Gatorade at the finish line?"

• Photo 54:  Terri Sonenclar with the stick:  "When you are old, you have to use every trick that you know."

• Photo 58:  Shelley Farmer: "Help!  I can't deal with all this!"

• Photo 55:  Shelley Farmer: "I'm going to see my boyfriend downtown later in the afternoon."  As for Suso Montero, our photographer has this story: "I was taking photos, always looking for the orange singlets and ignoring everyone else (of course).  At some point, I sensed that someone had just gone by me while laughing to himself.  I turned around quickly and there was Suso Montero in black and without his own number.  Why do people take such pleasure in evading the camera?"

• Photo 56:  Erika Maple-Ogita Yamazaki, Yumi Ogita and Casey Yamazaki.  Family division of labor --- mom runs while dad and daughter cheer.

• Photo 57:  Yumi Ogita: "If I had one of these, I would have finished easier and earlier."

• Photo 59:  Juana and Amanda Bermo.  Family division of labor: mom and daughter look after the shop while daddy disappears.