Sunday, April 3, 2011

Top Bananas

First Sunday of the month, so that means it's time for the No Bananas 5K race along the Freeman Trail in Chelmsford, organized by Ruth Whalen-Crockett. A good crowd this time around, as the weather finally cooperated. Photos courtesy of http://www.johnpiekos.com/ and his RunCam and defending champ Jonathan Crockett. Ready to run!Right away, an early leader:


And pretty quickly, a lone runner:
Try as he might, Carlos just could not get past the wall that was Tommy and I:
Christine Martin-Roque, all smiles in her first 5K race:
Thumbs up from the new champ:
Just feet from the finish line, one of these two men would surge ahead for a dramatic second-place finish. Who claimed it? Check out later photo.
Tommy, ready to punch whoever made him get up this early:
High five for number five:
John, cheering because his wife didn't kill him for making her run:
In the final stretch:
Dame No Bananas herself:
Can't bear to look at Jonathan waiting at the finish:
A pair of Karens, looking to throttle John:
They should be excited, the race is over!
Who's number 5? Who's number 1?
The new champ, with the dethroned Top Banana:
No, Barry isn't calling for peace. He's bragging about his greyhound finish, nosing out Carlos for second place:
Carlos can't believe he lost to Barry. Either that or he's looking for post-race refreshments. Doesn't he know this is the No Bananas race?
The E Streeters, basking in Andrew's first-ever first place victory. See you all in May!

3 comments:

donna said...

Was that Chrissy Martin I saw? Good Job.

Mark Hebert said...

Where's Karen C at the end of that race??

Karen said...

hmmm, I think she was a DNF. Still a fun time with a great group!