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Carol
Howe of New Jersey and Canada does a stride before the race.
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Lyubov
Denisova of Russia warms up.
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Ludmila
Petrova, the 2000 NYC Marathon Champion from Russia, warms up.
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Sonia
O'Sullivan of Ireland warms up for her serious marathon debut.
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Gordon
Bakoulis of New York, NY.
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Australia's
Kerryn McCann.
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Kenya's
Lornah Kiplagat.
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For
the first time in race history, the women had their own start, 32
minutes before the men, so that their race would be more visible.
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The
lead pack passed through the mile mark in about 5:37.
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Silvia
Skvortsova (F60, wearing white) was the designated pacesetter.
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There
was a relatively strong wind as the athletes headed across the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge.
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Skvortsova
leads the way as the large pack heads off the bridge and into Brooklyn.
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The
leaders pass through two miles in approximately 11:35.
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Sonia
O'Sullivan (F5) runs alongside Skvortsova.
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The
still-large pack turns onto and heads up Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.
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Just
before the three mile mark a few women have already dropped off
the back of the pack...
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...But
all of the major players are still in the lead pack.
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The
pack includes Kerryn McCann (F9), Sonia O'Sullivan (F5), Jane Salumae
(F14), Marla Runyan (F10), Silvia Skvortsova (F60), Milena Glusac
(F16) and Sylvia Mosqueda (F18).
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L-R:
O'Sullivan, Maria Guida, McCann, Glusac, Mosqueda and Lornah Kiplagat.
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Just
past the six-mile mark, it's still a large pack with pacesetter
Skvortsova leading and O'Sullivan and Runyan on her shoulders.
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