World Cross Country Championships Mombasa, Kenya

World Cross Country Championships Mombasa, Kenya

March 24, 2007
We've done things a bit differently since this event was truly incredible and we're trying to get photos up on a dial up connection without normal software. The #1 story of the day was the crowd and the atmosphere. Truly unbelievable. Never seen anything like it and never will again. And words don't do the crowd justice. We've got photos of the crowd first. The #2 story of the day was Kenenise Bekele dropping out and closely related to this was the heat. We've got the photos of him dropping out and the heat 2nd. Then some more shots of people at the event to try and capture the feel for this remarkable event. Finally, we've got the race photos without captions. The women's race starts on photo index page 4. Men's race on photo page index 6. Junior races on page 8 (most of the junior photos are pretty bad as Wejo didn't realize his camera got splashed with water on the very first lap).

Hope you enjoy them.

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These People Didn't Want to Stay in the 1/4 Mile Crowd (Watch the Video We Put Up) So they Went So They Were on the shore 20 feet below the course and could Maybe See the Runners Torsos for 40 Yards Each Lap

But They Can Say They Were There

Once in a Liftime Opportunity

And Everyone Loved Having Their Picture Taken

Full Black Muslim Garb in 90+ Degree Heat with a Strong Sun and A Ton of Humidity

The Celebration Began in Earnest after Bekele Dropped Out and Kenya Won the Senior Men's Race

Masai Warrior Out of Focus

It Was Dusty Thanks to the Dirt on the Course (Sandtraps and Dry grass)

Everyone Wants to Be on Letsrun.com

Lets us Celebrate

The Crowd Stayed Well After the Races Were Over

In Terms of Racing These Next Picks Kind of Explain it All; Bekele Started To Pull Away Near the End of the 5th Lap (Him and Tadese Had Gapped the Field on the 4th of 6 Laps)

His Lead Was This Much

20 Yards Later His Lead Was Gone as He was Jostled Going Up This and Cramped

The 20 Yards Where He Went From Looking Like an 11 Time Winner (and Record Breaking 6 Time Long Course Champ) to a Dazed Runner

The Stretch Again

The Heat was the 2nd Story of the Day Before Bekele Cramped (During the Coolest Race of the Day By Far)

The Kenyans Still Wanted Bekele's Autograph Despite Erupting in Glee When he Dropped out

Hmm I'm Not Used to This

And This Lady Made it be Clear, No Interviews

The Thing Over the Head Might Make it Hotter

The Heat Was the 2nd Story of the Day, Probably 20 people taken off during the Junior Girls Race Which was during the hottest time of the Day

Another One Down

And Out. We've Got a Video of this Girl Slamming into the Fencing and Trying to Continue On. There was No Messing Around. Once You Lost it, You were Physically Removed from the Course

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