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Kim
Pawelek at the start.
(Begin photos by Gregory Cross)
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L-R:
Gladys Asiba, defending champion Joyce Chepchumba and Catherine
Ndereba.
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L-R:
Pacesetters Leah Malot, Olga Romanova and 2000 New York City Marathon
champ Ludmila Petrova.
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The
runners stand at attention during the U.S. national anthem.
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Chepchumba
would defend her title here after a third-place finish at April's
Boston Marathon.
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Deena
Kastor (nee Drossin) would pace "Team Deena" - a group
aiming to run under 2:40.
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At
the start, the temperature was reported as 61 degrees with high
humidity...
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...in
other words, the conditions were not ideal for running a marathon.
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Approximately
40 women started with the early start, 35 minutes before the majority
of the field.
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L-R:
Trisha Rosenberg, Corinna Cortes and Stephanie Hodge head over the
Verrazano Bridge during the mass start.
(End photos by Gregory Cross)
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The
elite women started at 9:35 a.m.
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They
had two pacesetters, F102 Leah Malot...
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and F104 Olga Romanova, to help them out.
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The
leaders passed through the mile mark in 6:06.
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Throughout
the race, the lead women have a large number of vehicles surrounding
them on all sides.
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The
leaders approach the two-mile mark, which they passed in 11:19.
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The
lead women have many vehicles surrounding them on all sides throughout
the race.
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L-R,
behind the pacesetter: Lornah Kiplagat, Marla Runyan, Olivera Jevtic,
Helena Javornik and Adriana Fernandez (mostly obscured).
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In
the third mile, there are at least 10 runners in the lead pack with
another group close behind.
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Just
past the four-mile mark, not much has changed.
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