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MILE 8 (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
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01: This year, the elite women got their own race
that started 35 minutes earlier than the men. This is
the lead pack led by the Russian pacer Silvia Skvortsova,
followed immediately by the tall Sonia O'Sullivan.
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02: Trailing the lead pack is top New Jersey (but
from Canada) runner Carol Howe. Peter Gambaccini
wrote about "Carol Howe, originally from Winnipeg,
Manitoba but now residing in Summit, New Jersey. Howe
called the marathon “something I have always wanted to do” and
figured, “at 36, I’m not getting any younger.” She won Grete’s
Great Gallop Half-Marathon in Central Park in 1:14:58 on October
6 as a tune-up for her 26.2-mile debut. Though not happy
with her 2:38:37 finishing time, Howe’s disappointment did not
dampen her praise for the marathon and the women’s separate
start, which highlighted the elite females as never before.
“The field today was incredible, and I think what this did for
female distance running is also incredible,” she said. Still,
the set-up challenged Howe. “I ran the entire thing by myself.”
Indeed, 100 meters into the race, the leaders had already pulled
away. “If I went up with those ladies, that would have been
suicide for me. But on the flip side, [running alone] was very
draining.”"
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03: We could have sworn that this was the CPTC
uniform, but it is Tina Marie Ramos (Spain)
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04: This is a new US master Shelly Stelly
followed by top Westchester (but from Ethiopia) runner Leteyesus
Berhe
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05: Top New York City runner Gordon Bakoulis
is suffering from an injury and is therefore actually enjoying
a leisurely pace, with greetings from everywhere
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06: About twenty minutes later, the lead men's
pack came around
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07: A few minutes later, there was a large pack
with our first runner Alan Ruben in front. Alan
is looking around for his people, who are in orange of course.
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08: 30 seconds after that, we had a pack of four
runners --- Kevan Huston, Isaya Okwiya, Michael
Rymer and Craig Chilton with inches of each other
at just under 6 minute/mile pace
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09: Running by us before we had a chance was Kellie
Quinones, who is the Queens representative of the Foot Locker
Five Borough Challenge. She is the lead woman in this
photo from the back.
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10: Peter Allen, the second masters
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11: Running a bit awkwardly already was Jonathan
Pillow, on a pulled calf muscle that caused him to miss
running during the last three weeks. He would be forced
to stop at 17 miles.
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12: Noel Comess
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13: At this point, the fast non-elite women merged
with the men. First up is Janina Malska (WS).
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14: This is our teammate Ken Winfield from
Los Angeles, California
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15: Bill Komaroff
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16: Graeme Reid and Joe Tumbarello
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17: Then came our lead woman Alayne Adams
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18: This is MCNY's Eleanor Williamson.
Her family was standing right in front of us cheering for her.
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19: Victor Osayi
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20: Gordon Holmes
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21: Here is our second pack of women: Yumi
Ogita, Stefani Jackenthal and Audrey Kingsley
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22: Brad Weiss
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23: Larry King
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24: Etsuko Kizawa. Her headband says,
'Soy' which is the name of her Soho restaurant.
23.7 MILE MARK (Central Park,
E88th Street)
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31: Joyce Chepchumba in the lead
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32: Lyubov Denisova hangs on in second
place
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33: Olivera Jevtic in third place
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34: About fifteen minutes later came the lead
male trio of Rodgers Rop, Christopher Cheboiboch
and Laban Kipkemboi. This was an all-Kenyan sweep
of the top three positions.
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35: Cheers all along the way for Gordon Bakoulis
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36: Alan Ruben
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37: Kevan Huston
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38: Craig Chilton
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39: Peter Allen
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40: Joe Tumbarello. At the right
edge of the photo, Alayne Adams is coming into view.
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41: Dave Howard
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42: Graeme Reid in his farewell race
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43: Anthony Mayorkas
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44: Charlie Stark
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45: Gordon Holmes and Chele Modica
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46: This would be our only picture of Ali Rosenthal,
because she is faster than The Flash. Of course, we know
that Fast-women.com will come through with her photo...
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47: Erik Schmitz and Brad Weiss
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48: Audrey Kingsley
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49: Victor Osayi gets on television courtesy
of the Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge runner
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50: Etsuko Kizawa. We would have
cropped that tall male runner out of the photo but for the flag
over this heart.
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51: New dad Tyronne Culpepper
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52: Ana Echeverri, the second member in
the household to set a PR today
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53: Chris Price
THE SPECTATORS
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61: Margaret Angell: "My heart is
broken at the sight of these runners, and I would have been
with them if not for that stress fracture."
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62: The famous Wall of Orange cheering squad at
East 88th Street
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And the Wall of Orange is cacophonous!
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63: Stuart Calderwood and Kieran McShane
Calderwood are waiting for Stacy Creamer
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64: Margaret Angell: "Ali, I can't
believe I'm getting your voice mail again. PLEASE CALL
ME BACK! I need to know what your finishing time was!"
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65: Sue Pearsall: "Hi, I need an extra
supply of lollipops right now!"
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66: Stacia Schlosser says, "Go, Pitz!"
Pitz is the name of her friend.
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67: Inspection of a certain Irishman's backpack
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68: What a strange sight! You would think
that they could talk directly to each other! But actually,
they are not talking to each other. Jerome O'Shaughnessy
is calling Sandra Scibelli to check on her progress in
the race. Margaret Angell is finding out that Ali
Rosenthal's final time was 2:59:58.
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69: Jesse Lansner: "I know I just
finished a marathon. Yes, the finish line is at East 67th
Street and I walked all the way back to East 88th Street.
I know it sounds funny, but I'm looking for my mom ..."
FIRST AVENUE (17 MILE MARK)
(credit: Michele Tagliati)
EAST 87 THE STREET (23.8
MILE MARK) (credit: Michele Tagliati)
22 MILE MARK
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