suns along the Mohawk

The entire corps of runners in this year’s MVP Health Care Stockadeathon passed by me in just under ten minutes on the Washington Avenue block of the Stockade district, between Union and Front Streets. It was less than a mile into the 15K race. Below are the lead car with a view of the block, and the first and last groups of runners (plus, on the right, a close-up of the last dog). Click on an image for a larger version.

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lead group: 08:35 am

  last past me: 08:45 am

. . . Over the next few hours [11 AM through the afternoon], I will be choosing and editing photos of the runners in between.  

As usual, ARE EVENT PRODUCTIONS has compiled Race results and presented them online on highly useful website pages. 

• All AWARD WINNERS can be found at the ARE EVENTS site.
• RESULTS for the 1150 runners who finished the Race are also presented in order of their finishing; and
• the spread sheets are FULLY SEARCHABLE, by name, BIB number, time, and division. 

As we have come to expect, the top award winners reach the finish line in virtually the same order as they ran through the Stockade, and past my camera, too, on Washington Avenue (and Cucumber Alley).

The top three Female Open Overall Winners were: #1 Lianne Farber [BIB 15, from Boston], #2 Karen Bertasso Hughes [BIB 1, from Selkirk], and #3 Nicole Moslander [BIB 28, of Schenectady].

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above: [topL] BIB 15, Lianne Farber, 1st Place; [R] Emily Bertasso Hughes, 2nd Place

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above: [L] Nicole Moslander, 3rd Place; and Emily Taft, 5th Pl. on her left; [R] Tricia Longo, 4th Pl.

The first three men into the Stockade and passing me near Front Street were the first three to the Finish Line:

. . Front Row: [L] Ryan Udvadia, 1st Place (BIB 37, Clifton Park); [R] Charles Ragone, 2d Pl. (BIB 29, Niskayuna). Behind them: Jack Huber, 3rd Pl. (BIB 21, Delmar)

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 .. Moslander [L] & Taft turn onto Front Street      . . .

A Note from the Editor: Other pressing duties have reduced my ability to spotlight favorite images. I will try to add some as this week progresses.  Thanks for your patience. And, thanks to all whose efforts make the Race special.

. . . SEE IF YOU CAN FIND YOUR FAVORITE RUNNERS in this Slideshow #1 with 50 images. . .

• for a larger version of a Slideshow image, pause the Slideshow, right-click on the image, choose “Open Image in New Tab”.

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. . Santa was too fast for me . .

. . but, George Gilder, BIB 4708, was First in his Division.

. . For a change of pace, you can browse this TILED MOSAIC, clicking on an image for a larger version.

Tricia Longo