BREAKERS_056_fl.jpg; : At the annual SF Bay to Breakers Race a group of Elvises crash the elite runners on the course at Howard near 4th Street but tired out quickly. Benjamin Maiyo placed first overall in this year’s annual Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on Sunday. At the finish line at Ocean Beach says this is the 13th year in a row that a Kenyan runner has won the race. This is Maiyo’s first win. Fellow Kenyan James Koskei had won the previous three years. Others not so serious about placing where thousands of party revelers from Elvises to naked George Bushes, Wonder Women and many beer wagons in tow. Despite warnings from the organizers that police might issue citations for public nudity, the clothes still came off for many runners. Seventeen year-old Adam Bates was the first naked finisher overall.
5/16/04
San Francisco Chronicle Frederic Larson

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