A record crowd of 4814 participants stream up Madison Avenue at the start of the 33rd annual Freihofer’s Run for Women, ranging in age from under 10 to 91-year old Victoria Michalek of Gloversville. (left) A young runner crosses the finish line looking not too worn out after 3.1 miles; (right) a young runner takes advantage of the spray from an Albany City Fire Department truck, a popular feature of the post race attractions.The race was won by Mamitu Dasks pf Ethiopia with a time of 15:19, 4 seconds ahead of fellow Ethiopian Aheza Kiros, who finished second.Local phenom and nationally ranked runner Nicole Blood of Altamont finished 16th with a time of 17:05. She was a standout runner in high school when she ran for Saratoga.
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