...soon after the Olympic Games," Kastor said. "I couldn't get my legs underneath me to feel fresh." Kenya's Michael Rotich, France's Benoit Zwierzchiewski and American Bob Kennedy also pulled out of a race that began in 55-degree weather...

...Second in New York and Boston in 2002. First in City-Pier Half-Marathon this year.... Owns a grocery store. MICHAEL ROTICH, 22, Kenya, 5 - Making NYC Marathon debut.... Second at Rotterdam Marathon this year.... Won 2003 Paris...