Dad's Marathon

A couple of weeks ago a good friend of mine ran the Carlsbad 1/2 marathon. I was reminded of a funny story that my dad told me...

I don't remember the year (sometime between 1992 - 1996) my parents visited me while I was attending Boston University. During the visit the Boston Marathon was going on and our cab driver warned us about traffic. My dad, who rarely shares stories with me, said...

"Did I ever tell you that I used run races in the Philippines?" Nope, he never did.

So he continued on...

"I used to always come in 4th place. No matter how hard I tried I always came in 4th place!" Awww.

"So one year I finally made it to 3rd place... that's because the 4th guy dropped out!"

Hahaha - that's my dad :)