LA/Chinatown Firecracker 10K Race
February 2004 Los Angeles, CA:
The annual
Firecracker 10K,
celebrating the Year of the Monkey, 4702. Results are
here.
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Bill, Kim, and Ryan at Lake Avenue station, 7:08 AM |
On the gold line, enroute to chinatown, 7:10 AM |
On broadway before the race, 7:42 AM |
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The traditional firecrackers make a lot of smoke, 7:42 AM |
On broadway before the race, 7:55 AM |
Nikoo, who ran a 10K last weekend, volunteers to hold the bags this time. |
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So we hand her about 300 lbs of bags. :) Thanks Nikoo! |
Tristan crosses the finish line first, 9:14 AM, two minutes ahead of me. Grr. :) |
Paul's back just ahead of the finish line |
Rosie at the finish line |
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Tomtor after the race |
Mike and tomtor after the race |
Rosie and Nikoo after the race |
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Paul after the race |
Mike and Paul after the race (shown to scale) |
Melita speeds toward the finish |
Melita arrives at the finish line! |
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Melita and Tomtor after the race |
Bill and Ryan cross the finish line |
Having conquered this race, Ryan begins preparing for the Kentucky Derby |