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Stockade-athon 2008 passes by

By David A. Giacalone

.. runners in the 33rd Annual Stockade-athon pass the 9 Front St. “Blockhouse” ..

This morning, the annual Stockade-athon took place here in Schenectady. It’s called the ?oldest major 15K road race in the USA” (by Schenectadians, at least).  Over 1300 runners signed up to participate this year.  As always, the course for the 33rd Annual version of the 15K event starts and ends at our Central Park, and a segment goes right through my Stockade neighborhood. [The Schenectady Gazette has an interactive map of the race route.]

I’ll have a few more photos and comments after lunch and a nap (or two).

jogging
just past the church
I clean my glasses

.. by Tom Clausen from Upstate Dim Sum (2003/I)

update (2 PM):  The Gazette has the results here. Highlights:

• Emory Mort, 25, of Ghent, was the first over the finish line, completing the 15-kilometer course through the city in 47:52
• The women’s winner was Kaitlin O’Sullivan, 23, of Syracuse, who crossed the finish line in 55:51
• Masters division winners were Jeff Niedeck of Canaan, Conn., in 52:03 and 1998 and 2001 women’s overall champion Emily Bryan of Schenectady in a record women’s masters time of 57:24.

Speaking of the Masters Division, these guys didn’t win, but they had a lot more heart than yours truly, the curbside photographer:

….. unidentified Stockade-athon runners on Front St.

The police escort car can be seen passing Lawrence the Indian at Front and N. Ferry Sts., behind two of the last runners (a few stragglers came walking by thereafter, bless their hearts and legs):

Boo! Despite plenty of publicity about restricted traffic, along with the protests of the traffic monitor, a trio of vehicles led by the lady in this Ford SUV insisted on driving up the narrow portion of Front St. from Washington Ave to Church Street, while it was still filled with runners.  Many of the runners were quite vocally (and righteously) angry.

… pushy drivers on Front St.

Finally, the last of the Stockade-athon traffic control workers strolls past a rather indifferent Lawrence the Indian, leaving the Stockade in a quiet autumnal bliss on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

15K race –
legs and arms ache
on the old photographer

…… by dagosan

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