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Wed 16 Sep, 2026 12:27 pm
...for those of you who have been here a long time, thought you'd like to know that Nancy and I met for an annual lunch with Jonathan on the Pan on Monday.
Great, great day. He was looking good....lost a bit of weight...and is running some smaller NYC events hoping to qualify for the marathon next year. I doubt he will be ready for the one on November 1st of this year.
I have a picture, but I am still trying to figure out how to get it into IMGUR so I can post it here. I am, as some of you know, a bit tech challenged. (Maybe more than a bit.) I will work on it and get that picture posted shortly.
Reeg...your name came up as did Jespah's. Even HoT was mentioned. (There's a name from the past!) I texted Kicky...and he responded while we were on the Pan. I'm hoping he will work things out so that the three of us get together at some point before AI does the dirty deed. (I suspect AI won't try to eliminate us. We just think it might because that is what humans, with their primitive thinking, do...try to eliminate others.)
@Frank Apisa,
You know, I'm sort of sorry I completely missed out on the heyday of A2K when I actually used to go to NYC annually and sometimes even traveled to other places...for
fun! Would have liked to have met all the people you talk about. I enjoy hearing about these reunions even if only at a distance!
@hightor,
hightor wrote:
You know, I'm sort of sorry I completely missed out on the heyday of A2K when I actually used to go to NYC annually and sometimes even traveled to other places...for fun! Would have liked to have met all the people you talk about. I enjoy hearing about these reunions even if only at a distance!
Our sessions on the Frying Pan were attended by people from a half-dozen countries...and a dozen states. We had a ball...and knowing someone in person makes posting to them much more fun. Sorry you missed it, but if you get back into town, I know several of us will meet up with you.
@Frank Apisa,
if you'd like, i'll PM you my email address.
you can then mail the image and i'll post it...
@Region Philbis,
Region Philbis wrote:
if you'd like, i'll PM you my email address.
you can then mail the image and i'll post it...
Yeah, that would work. I can transfer the picture from my phone to my computer (or at least, I think I can)...and send it to you.
Thanks.
@Frank Apisa,
Quote:(or at least, I think I can)
what i do is email it to myself.
PM sent...
Ahhhh, the good olddays when I was threatened by moderators on a2k because they thought I was THAT bobsal from Abuzz. I had appropriated his handle to rehabilitate 'bobsal' as a name. Backfired hugely when Abuzz went down.
I joined all sorts of forums as bobsal to lock him out from registering the name bobsal. He had a coronary when he joined icered under a new handle, which didn't last long after Hong Kong was turned over to China.
@Frank Apisa,
Lovely to see the photo Region Philbis posted. Jonathan does look well! If he's chasing next year's marathon through smaller races, that's likely the NYRR 9+1 program: finish nine qualifying NYRR races and volunteer at one event in a calendar year, and you get guaranteed entry to the following year's marathon. Plenty of locals go that route because the lottery odds are pretty slim. As someone newer here, I love hearing about these Frying Pan catch-ups. Not many forums can say their members have been meeting in person for this long.
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