> > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/10 Mon AM 04:41:36 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO - Chicago Marathon > > Hi! > > > After all this discussion about PUG vs PAW and PESO's, I'll waste some > > bandwith with picture of what I did today. It was a great day for the > > Chicago Marathon. A bunch of Kenyans won. > > > > Here in the 12th mile, the eventual winner (#3) keeps an eye on the field. > > > > http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/marathon.jpg > > > > #3 - Felix Limo set a new world record (?) of 2:07:02 and is $125,000 > > richer. > > #15 - Benjamin Maiyo (just over the cyclist's helmet) was second at 2:07:09. > > > > There were 40,000 runners in the race and some finished after 6 hours. > > After the elite runners passed, the rest quickly filled the 6 lane > > street from curb to curb. About 45 minutes into the race, I watched > > the corner policeman turn a taxi away from trying to cross the course. > > It was a pregnant woman in labor trying to reach her hospital. She > > needed to go 3 miles north or 4 miles south to go around. > > I definitely dislike the last part of your story. I mean I absolutely do > not appreciate the attitude of the police w.r.t. that woman.
Boris, you have to be at something like this to appreciate that it would be _impossible_ for the taxi to cross the runner stream without major pileup and injury of many, many people. It was probably quicker for the taxi driver to make the diversion than wait for the runners to thin out. A case of two irresistable forces meeting. > > Otherwise, I would wonder if you could edit out that pole that comes out > of course official bike... > > Yet, it is a good picture and a fine example of foreground and > background bokehs ;-). > > Boris > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
