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...Central Park Jogger has decided to tell all in a book she's writing for Scribner. The woman, an investment banker who 13 years ago was attacked and left for dead by a gang of teens as she jogged through the Manhattan park, has never revealed her identity. She is being paid a mid-six-figure sum for world rights to "I Am the Central Park Jogger." The author's name will be released with the book...
Among the most outspoken was Kathy Lloyd, a Head Start teacher, whose sister, Shawn McClenahan, 37, had been found by a jogger on a weedy hillside the day after Christmas...
...were tied by pols who wanted to avoid at all costs another racial incident sparked by the mostly white force. And no one wanted to face the scariest implication--that the city could again become the dangerous place it was 11 years ago, when the gang rape of a jogger gave Central Park its first "wilding" headlines...
...suffering from a common sports injury. Variously called black toe, jogger's toe or tennis toe, it's characterized by bleeding under the toenail as a result of repeated trauma. I'd worn thinner socks than usual, which left room for my feet to slide forward, banging my nails many times against the front of the sneaker, or so-called toe box. Shoes that are too big or slippery can create the same problem...
...highest peaks. "It's easy to follow in the footsteps of others who have created paths and broaden their trails," says Woodbury, with allusion to the growth of the West in general, which he writes about often. "Unfortunately, widening contributes to erosion and drainage problems." Though an avid jogger based in the Mile High City since 1994, Woodbury admits he was winded by the time he reached the top of Mount Bierstadt, where he spent a very windblown hour interviewing hikers at 14,060 ft. And did we mention his aversion to heights? Never mind. He said the hard part...