Weiner bobbles the bubbly, finishes out of the money
Matthew Cavanaugh of the European Pressphoto Agency took a nice action shot of USATF Masters Media Chairman Bob Weiner near the end of the half-mile Bastille Day Race in the nation's capital. See below; that's Bob in the Potomac Runners jersey. Bob writes: "Here I am tied for the lead racing five yards from the finish of the Bastille Day Race down Pennsylvania Avenue, Capitol building looming large behind us, when BOTH the other leader and I at the exact same moment . . . dropped our champagne bottle and glass required to stay on our trays . . . and were therefore DQ'd. The guy in third behind us won. Fifty international media cameras cover the event. About 100 people competed."
Bob continued:
I did not know they prized anything but first. It turns out they prized the top 5. First place had $400 in prizes (including $250 gift certif at Les Halles) and 2nd had $300 (including $200 gift certif at Les Halles). So if I had not raced for the lead and run just onservatively to hold second money . . . would have been mine.Here's the photo:
