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This race was noteworthy on account
of the cold, driving rain. The weather conditions would mean
instant death to our CD-writable digital camera, which was why all
these pictures were taken with the palm-size stealth camera instead.
Therefore, we did not have the usual 20X zooming capability.
We regret that we were not able to be present at the swimming pool-sized
puddle on the west side, for any picture take there would be instant
classics.
PRE-RACE
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01: This naked man said, "This is so unlike
London where I came from. There is never any fog in London
and it never rains there --- except at Wimbledon."
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02: Tony Ruiz to Jerome O'Shaughnessy:
"Jerome, you're not cold, are you? You're never cold."
Technical note: Jerome is not wearing a shiny plastic raincoat;
he's wearing an inverted garbage bag to be discarded as soon
as the race starts.
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03: Alan Ruben at the starting line.
Before the race, the consensus was: "Alan may be the only
one who actually likes these conditions." The blur
in the picture came from moisture on the camera lens.
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04: A special thanks must go to Kevin Arlyck,
who was a little bit sore on the Achilles tendon but ran as
he was projected to be among our top five present.
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05: Given these conditions, it was simply in everyone's
interest to get the race started as quickly as possible.
1.2 MILES
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06: Steve Paddock and Erik Goetze.
Race rules states that "all runners should stay inside
the recreational lanes marked by the orange cones" upon
pain of disqualification. In this section, there is about
three inches of water inside, so everyone went outside of the
lane and everyone should be disqualified ...
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07: Isaya Okwiya. In addition to
the atrocious weather conditions, travel was made even more
complicated by MTA track work on the Q line, which necessitates
the use of a shuttle bus.
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08: John Affleck
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09: Victor Osayi
4.9 MILES
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10: Steve Paddock
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11: Isaya Okwiya. By the roadside
is Josh Feldman, who came all the way from Jersey City
just to cheer.
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12: Erik Goetze
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14: Alan Ruben
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13: Victor Osayi in the only good quality
picture of the day, and that was purely an accident on the part
of our photographer
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15: Christopher Price
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16: Kate Crowley
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17: Jerome O'Shaughnessy and Fred Trilli
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18: Frank Morton
POSTLUDE
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