1. They day's hot ticket belonged to the back of the lead vehicle, as Race Director Bud James (top) and a host of other local running gurus packed it in for a great ride at the 27th Annual Park Forest Scenic 10 Miler.

2. Milwaukee's Matt Thull (#12) shot out to an early lead and held on to finish as the top American in 51:01, good for 11th place.

3. LaGrange Park's Lynn Vocelka, 46, was the women's 5K winner in 20:49.

4. Andrew Duncan, 37, from Las Vegas, NV, broke the tape in the men's 5K in 17:04.

5. Julius Kiptoo, 27, a Kenyan training in Westchester, PA, conquered the humidity and a deep, competitive field to win in 48:01.

6. Fifth and sixth place finishers Ronald Mogaka (49:18) and Charles Ndereba (49:20) pass one of several unique musical acts that lined the course as they head into the final stretch.

7. Japan's Yasuko Hashimoto, 29, was the women's champion in 55:40. She will be back in town to race The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 10.

8. Lake Villa's Jenny Spangler, 41, was the second overall woman, setting a national age-group record with her time of 56:56.

9. Despite humidity that peaked at over 90 percent, there were 1,468 finishers in the 10 Mile and 376 in the 5K.

10. Pat Savage (5K, 22:22) and Nancy Rollins (10M, 1:15:14) from the Niles West/Oakton Running Club, and Keith Holzmueller (10M, 1:03:20) from the Evanston Running Club, kick back at the post-race party.

11. The top 10 men line up to accept their overall awards---and it's a Kenyan sweep!

12. From left to right, Dot McMahan (9th), Teresa Wanjiku (3rd), Lucie Mays-Sulewski (8th), Jenny Spangler (2nd), Heather May (7th), Janet Robertz (6th) and Yasuko Hashimoto (1st).