August 2011
2 posts
Playing sports
I was pretty involved in sports growing up: I was on a competitive swim team for a few years; I played soccer; I refereed soccer; in high school, I ran cross-country and on the track and was on the swim team. Given that, it may surprise you that I didn’t consider myself good at sports. Well, actually, if you knew me when I was growing up, it probably doesn’t surprise you at all.
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Lessons learned
I ran the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday. The results are posted online, so you can take a look for yourself. (Spoiler: I finished in 3:25:57.) You can also see a video of me crossing the finish line. If you look closely, you might notice that my running stride looks rather awkward. Taking a closer look at my splits, you might also notice that my pace slowed dramatically during the second...