Photos from the NJCAA Region I XC Championships, held on Friday afternoon, October 28, in Kiwanis Park have been posted. These were originally intended to be submitted to Trackandfieldphoto.com, but the overcast skies and abundance of shade, while good for running, caused a lot of shots to be slightly out of focus. Congratulations to Central Arizona College, which claimed both the men’s and women’s team and individual titles.

Photo gallery:
2005 NJCAA Region I XC Championships

Meet info:
http://www.maricopa.edu/cctf/ccnews.html

This gallery has been up for a couple weeks… Most of the photos of the Chicago skyline are from the Architectural Boat Tour, which I went on the day after the marathon. Although I apparently ran past many of the city’s landmarks during the race, most didn’t register at the time. I was pretty focused on maintaining the pace and staying clear of trouble. So it was quite a thrill to go on the tour and soak in the surroundings. Chicago is a really photogenic city. We had a marvelous day for the tour — not too cold, and just enough blue skies for nice photos.

Click here to view the Chicago Photo Gallery

Photos from the 2005 Canyon West Classic, held on Saturday, October 15, in Kiwanis Park have been posted. I would normally run this race, but since it was six days after the Chicago Marathon, I had fun taking photos instead…

Photo gallery:
2005 Canyon West Classic

Meet Information and Results:
Canyon West Classic Meet Information

Before the day was over, the folks at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon sent me the following e-mail… I was impressed that they turned results around so quickly for such a large race…

Dear David Daer,

Congratulations on finishing The 2005 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon! You achieved your goal and crossed the Finish Line. We hope you will take the memories of your LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon experience with you forever.

This year’s Marathon was a great success with clear skies and temperatures in the 50s. 33,012 runners finished this year’s marathon, and you were one of them! Your chip time was 3:10:34 and you placed 1396 out of 33,012 finishers. Here are this year’s top finishers:

Top 3 Male Finishers:
1. Felix Limo, 2:07:02
2. Benjamin Maiyo, 2:07:09
3. Daniel Njenga, 2:07:14

Top 3 Female Finishers:
1. Deena Kastor, 2:21:25
2. Constantina Tomescu-Dita, 2:21:30
3. Masako Chiba, 2:26:00

Top Male Masters:
1. Luca Foglia, 2:31:23

Top Female Masters:
1. Colleen De Reuck, 2:28:40

Top Male Wheelchair Finisher:
1. Krige Schabort, 1:29:40

Top Female Wheelchair Finisher:
1. Miriam Ladner, 2:05:27

For searchable Race results, news and photos, visit our Web site at http://www.chicagomarathon.com.

Thank you again for being a part of The 2005 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. We hope you will join us again on October 22, 2006.

Sincerely,
The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Staff
http ://www.chicagomarathon.com

Photos from the 2005 Doug Conley Invitational, held on Saturday, October 1, in Kiwanis Park have been posted.

Photo gallery:
2005 Doug Conley Invitational

Meet Results:
Arizonatrack.com meet result archive