Jim Chow
(posted 1/22/2008)
Name: Jim Chow.
Age: 51
Born: Quezon City, Philippines.
Occupation: Project Manager, Qwest.
Family: wife Cynthia, daughter Aimee, son Kevin, sillygoat Sydney.
Favorite restaurants: Burger joints – Good Times, Cheeseburger Cheeseburger; Pizza – Big Bill’s, Lil Ricci’s; Burritos – Chipotle, Qdoba’s; Bulk feeding – Maggianos; “Grown-up” food – Opus.
Favorite movie: Babette’s Feast.
Favorite tv show: Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Favorite book: Good Night Moon.
Why did you start running/walking: I wanted to run a marathon before I kicked the bucket ... and, it was a better way (than walking) for Sydney to discharge her energy.
Running/walking since: 2004.
RMRR member since: 2004.
How did you learn about the RMRR: Yahoo! I was in between jobs, decided to start running regularly and thought the best way to do so would be to join a club.
Weekly mileage: 35. My “long” runs have progressively gotten shorter after finding out that I can complete a marathon with a 10 – 12 mile “long” run every third week.
Favorite place to run/walk: Highline Canal – it’s only a 6 minute jog from the house. Sydney and I usually run at night, when rabbits, coyotes, and owls seem to be most active.
Favorite workout: My regular nightly slow run along the Highline Canal ... great time for introspection. Am too lazy to do any real workout.
Most satisfying performance: The last 4 miles of the “old” Las Vegas Intl Marathon (Jan 2005) – my first marathon. After 22 miles of worrying about hitting the wall (but didn’t), I realized that even if I had to walk the rest of the way I’d actually finish the marathon, I ran the rest of the way at a pace that was almost 2 minutes/mile faster than my best 5K time. (That’s not saying much ... but ... it was pretty fast by my standards!)
Favorite RMRR event: August TS and barbecue -short race, food, opportunity to catch up with fellow members.
What do you like about RMRR? Good variety of people with at least one common interest.
Other: Being a slow, lazy runner with no incentive to get faster, I started participating in "easy" (i.e., no hills, smooth surfaces, generous cut-off times) marathons, ultras and stage races ... a great excuse to see different places in and out of the country.