Boris, I'm sure things worked out OK. The race course folds back on itself with the 4th mile going North out one street and the 12th mile coming back South about 2 streets over. At the time of the taxi, 45 minutes into the race, the elite runners had not reached 12th mile, but the horde was still passing mile #4. The taxi and woman would have been quickly trapped between the North and South flows.
And I do mean the horde! The start of the race is organized with the elite runners in front followed by successive waves of slower runners. They carry chips to help them get their times. And slower runners don't cross the starting line until some 30 minutes after the official start. It is that big a mass of humanity. In any case, there were 3 other hospitals within 1 mile that were accessible to the taxi if the baby's delivery was imminent. I had no intention of causing you distress, it was just an interesting sidelight to the marathon. Shana Tova, Bob S. On 10/9/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > 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 > >
