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Magdalena
Lewy feels the first raindrops of the day. It would rain throughout
the race.
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Russian
stars Ludmila Petrova (#8) and Svetlana Zakharova (#10).
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Ireland/Atlanta's
Valerie Young (left) and Canada/New Jersey's Carol Howe.
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Zakharova,
the 2003 Boston Marathon champion, with Zivile Balciunaite of Lithuania.
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Former
marathon world record holder Catherine Ndereba.
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2002
NYC Marathon and 2003 Boston Marathon runner-up, Lyubov Denisova.
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Great
Britain's Hayley Yelling.
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Jen
Rhines was making a comeback here after getting injured at the 2003
USA Cross Country Championships.
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Some
of the top local runners move up toward the starting line.
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More
top local runners.
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Allan
Steinfeld, President and CEO of New York Road Runners.
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The
top local runners lined up just behind the elites.
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2002
New York City Marathon champion Joyce Chepchumba jokes around during
the introductions.
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Before
the rain started, the temperature was 65 degrees with 75% humidity.
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The
rain helped cool things off.
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Nearly
3,500 women would finish the race.
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The
race gets underway.
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Lornah
Kiplagat's race plan immediately became clear.
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Kiplagat
had finished second here twice.
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Kiplagat
later said that she looked back early on because she wondered why
no one was going with her.
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