Moo for Cow Harbor

Each year, the Great Cow Harbor 10K Race returns to Northport NY on Long Island.  Because over 5,000 runners compete, they do a staggered start.  While waiting for your group to start you are entertained by a guy in a cow suit with a big red appendage.

This year, Earl from the lodge sold the most raffle tickets for the big screen TV, so he got to be the official starter.

The rooting section included Maude, a 190 LB English Mastiff, who's paws are larger than the womans feet in the sandals behind her.  Maude is owned by a nice gent, who works for Canon Cameras, so that made for some pleasant convo.  He assured me that this year Maude had not yet eaten any runners.

This is actually some sort of TAC national race, so every year they fly in a Kenyan to win it and he gets to wear number 1.  The Kenyan (who is so skinny he actually floats, as shown in the photo) comes with his own film crew seen on the motorcycle, making an IMAX film and in this case yelling at number 5 (from Sweden, judging by the colors) for having the gall to pull ahead with only a half mile to go, potentially ruining the film.