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. . above: 2024 Race leaders on Washington Ave . . 

HMRRC is again posting Race results, awards, statistics. You can search BIB numbers, age, gender, home city of all who completed the Race. Here are their links:

2024 Stockade-athon

RACE RESULTS: MIKE MacADAM describes the close races for both the male and female Overall winners, in his Gazette article, “Corbett, Udvadia each win by close margins in MVP Health Care Stockade-athon 15k,” October 10, 2024. ALEX CORBETT (Bib 1353) beat 2nd-place runner GRANT O’CONNOR (Bib 1377) by only 8 seconds. JACK HUBER (Bib 25) came in 3rd place.

CARA UDVADIA’s (Bib 3) margin over 2nd-place AMANDA CHAMBERS IBib 32) was only 5 seconds. The 3rd place female runner was KERRY FOWLER (Bib 30).

At the Times Union (Nov. 10, 2024), MIKE KELLY’s article, as seen in its link preview below, tells the Stockade-athon tale of 1st Place winner Cara Udvadia (who I was not able to capture as she raced past me in the crowded cohort on Cucumber Corner):

. . Cara Udvadia (Bib 3) is in the middle (photo by Lori Van Buren). The article also has a good look at Alex Corbett in a solo photo in Central Park.

IMHO, all who completed the race and many who did not are winners who make the Stockade-athon a special event.

 

ORIGINAL [pre-Race] OPENING OF THIS POSTING

Welcome runners, organizers, fans, and neighbors to a Stockade corner that celebrates the Stockade-athon 15K Road Race, Washington Avenue and Front Street at Cucumber Alley. The photograph at the top of this post shows the lead runners this morning, Nov. 10, 2024, on Washington Avenue just after they entered the Stockade neighborhood.  

        Here are two images from 2023:

. . seen in Adirondack Sports (Oct. 2024, at 9)

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Click here for scores of photos from last year’s race as seen from our Cucumber Corner. Scroll down for our 2024 coverage.

• • • • links to all of our postings featuring the Stockade-athon in the Stockade can be found on our Stockadeathon Category page
        • there are, of course, a large array of 2024 Stockade-athon images from that same corner on this webpage. Share this posting with this shorter URL: https://tinyurl.com/2024Stockadeathon

OFFICIAL RACE WEBSITE: MVP Health Care STOCKADE-ATHON  

& the Race’s FACEBOOK PAGE

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OUR 2024 COVERAGE APPEARS BELOW 

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. . above: [L] 2024 Lead Car; [R] pre-Race Cucumber Corner

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. . just past Union St. on Washington Ave.

. . the leaders on Washington Ave. usually get to the Finish Line first. See the image at the top of this posting for a close-up of the leaders entering the Stockade on Washington Ave.

. .  Here are the 1st women runners my camera found . .

below: Amanda Chambers (Bib 32) took 2nd place and Kerry Flower (Bib 30) came in 3rd in the female division

 

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• • • • • When the great crush and rush of runners finally passed Cucumber Corner (it took less than ten minutes for the entire Stockade-athon cohort to pass me by), the slower pace and open spaces let me finally enjoy the lovely, soft colors of our remaning foliage in mid-November, along with the faces of Race runners and volunteers. This Slideshow has many images brightened by soft autumn hues, and the determination on faces of slower runners, and their companions, committed to reach the far-off Finish Line.
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. . [Noon, 11Nov2024] Have a Happy & Meaningful Veterans Day! And, please remember Veterans Miracle Center (of Albany), a unique organization where every day is Veterans Day!

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BTW: I’m glad I kept taking pictures the last 90 seconds or so of the Stockade-athon at Cucumber Corner.  Thanks for scrolling down to the bottom of our coverage of the Stockade portion so you won’t miss it either.

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THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO RAN, ORGANIZED, MONITORED, OR SIMPLY WATCHED THE RACE!