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As
the leaders head up Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, the pack is still
sizeable.
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The
runners pass through a water station, just past the seven-mile mark.
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The
pack approaches an elite fluids station, where each runner has her
own special bottle.
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Lornah
Kiplagat leads the way through the station. Each athlete's bottle
is decorated so they can pick it out in a hurry.
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Some
of the athletes who expect to take longer to finish start the race
early.
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Shortly
before the nine mile mark, Jane Salumae, Kim Fitchen, and defending
champion Margaret Okayo have dropped off the back of the pack.
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Silvia
Skvortsova continues to set the pace as Kim Fitchen and Margaret
Okayo struggle to catch back up to the pack.
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The
pack, including Skvortsova, Runyan, O'Sullivan, Olivera Jevtic,
Ludmila Petrova, Kerryn McCann, Lornah Kiplagat, Esther Kiplagat,
Joyce Chepchumba and Zinaida Semyonova turns
onto Bedford Avenue.
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In
the 10th mile, Sylvia Mosqueda and Margaret Okayo try to work their
way back up to the lead pack.
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Skvortsova,
O'Sullivan and Jevtic head up the pack. O'Sullivan was running her
first serious marathon while Jevtic was running her first marathon,
period.
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Mosqueda
and Okayo (right) catch back up to the pack.
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At
various points throughout the race, Skvortsova encouraged the pack
to go faster, but no one seemed to want to go with her.
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Just
before the 12-mile mark, Glusac, O'Sullivan, Jevtic, L. Kiplagat
and Runyan head around a turn.
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Skvortsova
was instructed to lead the race at least though the halfway point.
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Skvortsova
leads the way and everyone in the pack is still looking relatively
relaxed.
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The
pack hit the halfway point in 1:14:15, well off record pace.
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The
leaders, in the 15th mile, approaching the Queensboro (59th Street)
Bridge.
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Skvortsova
led the race for 15 miles before dropping out on the Queensboro
Bridge.
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Heading
off the Queensboro Bridge, Milena Glusac made a bold move for the
lead.
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First-timers
at the NYC Marathon are often advised not to get too excited on
First Avenue where the crowd support is immense...
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