10/31/03 NYC Marathon Special Feature: P.Diddy vs. Uncle Bob Barbato
On Sunday, November 2, 2003 these two men will join 31,000+ runners from around the world to compete for prizes and glory in the New York City Marathon. Of these two brave competitors, which one will finish first?...Based upon your knowledge and familiarity with these individuals and the sport of long distance road racing (or lack thereof) who do you think it will be?
- Name: Sean “P Diddy” Combs (alias Puff Daddy)
- Occupation: Hip Hop pop star and entrepreneur
- Age: 33
- Height: 5’11”
- Weight: 190
- Income: Too much money
- Reason for Running NYC Marathon: Raise money for charity he established to support health & education for NYC kids
- Running Experience: Quarter-miler in high school
- Corporate Sponsorship: Nike, McDonalds, MTV, Foot Locker, Sean John Clothing, etc.
- Bling-bling: Lots!
- Marathon Training Secret: Beautiful women
- Name: Bob Barbato (alias B Bobby)
- Occupation: Bureaucrat
- Age: 45
- Height: 5’7” (used to be taller)
- Weight: 150 (honest) or 152 if his wife lets him have a third helping of mac & cheese
- Income: Not enough money
- Reason for Running NYC Marathon: Avoid raking leaves in backyard
- Running Experience: Imaginary world class athlete (includes 1 actual marathon 3:54:30)
- Corporate Sponsorship: None (except for free pair of Reebok shoes)
- Bling-bling: Can’t afford any
- Marathon Training Secret: well broken-in jockstrap originally purchased in 1976
Here are a couple of links to NYC Marathon sites. Fans can track Bob during the race and check the results afterward:
www.ingnycmarathon.org www.runnersworld.com/events/nycm03/home.htmlBob's race # is 17948.
GOOD LUCK UNCLE BOB!
11/05/03 Post-race Update: Bob is the champion
One of my friends (Mike) wrote with interest, asking "MPB, how did Bob place? Did he bitch slap P-Diddy?" As it turns out, Uncle Bob finished the race in 13,177th place out of 31,000. He finished in 4 hours, 8 minutes, while P-Diddy finished in 4 hours, 14 minutes. Congratulations to Uncle Bob!
A comment from another friend (Iain) exclaims, "Uncle Bob is the money man for takin out P.Diddy, I'm proud he could bring him down...whos next? One-on-one with Master P.? No stoppin him now."
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