NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
Staten Island to Manhattan, NY, November 3, 2002
ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS

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Carol Howe of New Jersey and Canada does a stride before the race.
Lyubov Denisova of Russia warms up.
Ludmila Petrova, the 2000 NYC Marathon Champion from Russia, warms up.
Sonia O'Sullivan of Ireland warms up for her serious marathon debut.
Gordon Bakoulis of New York, NY.
Australia's Kerryn McCann.
Kenya's Lornah Kiplagat.
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.
The lead pack passed through the mile mark in about 5:37.
Silvia Skvortsova (F60, wearing white) was the designated pacesetter.
There was a relatively strong wind as the athletes headed across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Skvortsova leads the way as the large pack heads off the bridge and into Brooklyn.
The leaders pass through two miles in approximately 11:35.
Sonia O'Sullivan (F5) runs alongside Skvortsova.
The still-large pack turns onto and heads up Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.
Just before the three mile mark a few women have already dropped off the back of the pack...
...But all of the major players are still in the lead pack.
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).
L-R: O'Sullivan, Maria Guida, McCann, Glusac, Mosqueda and Lornah Kiplagat.
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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