This image is a testament to the power of something as basic as running to bring people together in a spirit of good will -- not to mention that exuberant feeling everyone feels at the end of a race.

Pictured here is David Paterson, the legally blind Governor of New York, crossing the finish line at the Hope & Possibility 5-Mile race in Central Park on Sunday, a race organized by Toby Tanser and sponsored by the New York Road Runners Club. Beside the governor is Anthony Nicoletti, a 61-year-old local runner with a prosthetic leg. Holding the tape are the actor Anthony Edwards, left, and Tanser, right. To the right of them stands Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of the NYRR, looking on with characteristic enthusiasm.

[Image: Tanser.org, courtesy of NYRR]