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The 2005 New York City Marathon

November 6, 2005

Being the 5th boy in the family, I’ve always tried out the sports my older brothers ventured into.  We’re not a very athletic family and even though we could have formed our own starting 5 , noone plays or even watches basketball.  Our eldest, Joel, is perhaps the jock of the family.  He swims, climbs mountains and plays a mean game of table tennis (having trained with the Philippine team and even represented the country in some meets).  R1 lifted weights in high school and after a long hiatus (and 200 or so pounds later), returned to body building with a vengeance.  R2 played soccer in high school and used to jog on regular basis.  Three kids later, he’s now involved in baseball — little league — as a manager.  Myself, I dabbled in Taekwondo in High School and joined the Track team in Ateneo grade school where my best finish was 3rd place in a 4×100 relay race. Now, I jog regularly and occasionaly delude myself into thinking I can play golf.

I don’t recall M. ever playing any sports.  Well, since the tech bubble blew up and he started lining his kitchen walls with his stock options, he’s been very active.  A true Ilokano if I ever knew one, I bet he started exercising only to save on health insurance premiums.  So, he’s been running and participating in 5K/10K runs in the San Francisco Bay Area.  On top of that, he took up cycling — riding to the peak of Mt. Tam regularly and even going into wine country.  He told me he’s even bonked — a cycling term referring to those stupid enough to go at it till they lose all energy. (The English have their own views on bonking, though.) 

What’s all of this got to do with the 2005 NYC Marathon? (more…)

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Is it a sin not to blog?

For those of you who haven’t noticed, it’s been a month since I last blogged.  It’s been a crazy month but I suppose that’s not an excuse.  Somewhere in the first week of October, the sem break happened and I thought that without classes, I’d find more time to blog.  It just didn’t happen.  I’ve been away, swamped by new work, attending meetings — some long, some as short as 10 minutes, and narrowly missed a series of bombings (that’s not entirely true). 

Anyway, spurred by a comment by Dave Starr on my previous post, I’m back! 

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