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A group of runners warms up for the 2005 Freihofer's Run for Women. |
Sharon Cherop, 21, of Kenya warms up for the race. |
L-R: Yimenashu Taye, Alemtsehay Misganaw, and Merima Hashim |
A member of the Genesee Valley Harriers warms up for the race. |
Amy Manson of Superior, Colorado, warms up. |
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Argentina's Claudia Camargo. |
Catherine Stone-Borkowski. |
Mary Rosado, 55, of New York City. |
Four-time NCAA champion Kim Smith was expected to be a major factor in the race. |
Former Providence College star Lisa Cappello. |
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Sharon Cherop, age 21. |
Asmae Legzaoui was considered to be the race favorite, but her presence in the race had created quite the controversy. |
The start of the Freihofer's race is always a pretty amazing sight. |
#28 Tara Quinn-Smith, #11 Laura O'Neill, #6 Asmae Leghzaoui, #30 Naomi Wangui, and #21 Claudia Camargo. |
The professional runners stand at the front of a sea of women. |
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The race had well over 3,000 finishers. |
In recent years, this race had served as the USA 5K Championships. This year's race was not the open USA championship... |
...but it did serve as the masters' championship, and the open race was opened to an international elite field. |
The race gets underway. |
The course begins with an uphill, but because it starts and finishes in nearly the same place, it also had a downhill finish. |
