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It takes all kinds to make the Bay-to-Breakers a race
SAN FRANCISCO. May 18: Runners both fleet and foolish joined In the fun of the Bay to breakers.
the zany footrace featuring everything from two-time Kenyan winner Thomas Osano to a sprinting wedding party heading for nuptials after the race, reports AP.
Amid the raucous runners, bride Rcbaeca Lack made her way along the course In a gown so long that it took two running flower girls to carry the train.
And then there was the man in an ostrich costume, and a group of runners dressed as a tropical bar. complete with cocktails and palm trees.
Osano, 22. won Sunday's race for the second straight year, but failed to beat the course record he set last year at 33:54.5.
All three top men's finishers were from Kenya.
Osano. 22, pulled ahead of Yobcs Ondieki in the final 100 yards (metres) of the 7.5-mile (12 km) course to win in 33.56.1 Ondlckl. 31. was second In 33:58.
William Mutwal was third In 34:16.
Lisa Ondlckl. who Is married to Yobcs Ondlckl, won the women's division In 38:52. It ^was the second Bay to
Breakers victory for the- 32-ycar-old Australian, who was the top women's finisher tn 1988.
Delcliah Asiago of Kenya was second In 39:10. Uta Pippig of Germany was third in 39:44.
Osano, who trailed Yobes Ondieki by as much as 50 metres for much of the race, said h1s only trouble spot was the down slope of the Hayes Street Hill
Lisa Ondlekl's finish marked the first time a woman has beaten the men's centipede — several male runners linked together like the creepy-crawly insect.
The first-place Reebok Aggies centipede's time was 39:12. The Boho centipede was second In the Insect division with a lime of 40:23.
"I won this in 1988 but I was beaten by a centipede," Lisa Ondieki said. "It's nice to win a BMW. but when you are beaten by a centipede, it kind of takes the Joy out of IL"
First -place winners of the 81 st annual Bay to Breakers take home new BMW automo-bilcs.
The world-class athletes led a colorful monster pack of runners and walkers that stretched miles. As usual, many pranced along in outlandish — and sometimes complicated — costumes.
One man wore a portable
toilet costume, advising others to "get in line.” Several contestants disguised themselves as a regulation-sized US Postal truck. A chiropractic organization ran as a human vertebrae.
"I saw one guy running as a cow. and he was actually milk Ing himself while he was running." satd Melissa Blair, a spectator.
The race, sponsored by the San Francisco Examiner newspaper. began In the city's financial district near the bay. proceeded up Hayes Street lllll and through Golden Gate Park to the finish line at Ocean Beach.
In the women's centipede division, the Reebok Aggies were first In 51:55. The Tamalpias Crystal Geysers were second In 57:56.
About 63000 people registered to run tn this year's race, a big drop from the 78.769 . who registered for the largest Bay to Breakers. In 1986.
However, thousands of unregistered runners and walkers Joined the mob. bringing the estimated number of partlcf-pants to nearly 100,000. Thousands more cheered them on.
Soul legend Ray Charles headlined the Bay to Breakers Footstock Festival that capped off the race at Golden Gate Park's Polo Fields.