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1.
Prior to the race, Paula Radcliffe sits on a bench
on Central Park West with her husband and manager
Gary Lough, chatting with fans and carefully putting
on her trademark knee-high racing socks.
2. And no race is complete without cheerleaders.
3. Almost 4,000 women are off and running in
the 30th NY Women's Mini Marathon. [enlarged
photo]
4. Heading up Central Park West, Radcliffe
leads the charge. [Enlarged
photo]
5. Radcliffe is joined by #3801 Jeanne Hennessy,
#2 Fernanda Ribeiro, #5 Ludmila Petrova, #16 Eyrusalem
Kuma, #8 Silvia Sommaggio and #20 Martha Komu. [Enlarged
photo]
6. Restituta Joseph takes the lead briefly
in the first mile. [Enlarged
photo]
7. Jane Ngotho finished 4th overall in 32:33.
[enlarged photo]
8. Joseph took the race out in 4:59 and only
Radcliffe went with her. [Enlarged
photo]
9. After passing 2 miles in 9:58, Radcliffe
took off going down a hill, leaving Joseph behind.
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10. After that it was just a time trial for
Radcliffe with splits of 14:49 (3 mi.), 15:23 (5k),
19:58 (4 mi.) and 24:48 (5 mi.). [enlarged
photo]
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