Riad Agel

Giants Break Tradition by Retiring Jersey No. 25

Longtime account executive at Lahlouh, Inc. Riad Agel has worked with representatives from different sectors such as banking, pharmaceuticals, retail, and publishing over his last 35 years with the company. Riad Agel is an avid fan of the San Francisco Giants, a professional baseball club that competes in Major League Baseball.

It has been the franchise tradition of the Giants to retire jerseys of former players who have distinguished themselves among the best in the league. But every inductee into the list of retired jerseys has to meet one particular requirement: the player should make it to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

However, the Giants organization believed that Barry Bonds is an exception. So on August 11, 2018, the Giants retired jersey No. 25 to honor him. Bonds played the last 15 years of his career with the Giants. Bonds holds the league’s all-time record in most home runs, intentional walks, and walks.

Additionally, Bonds bagged the league’s MVP award seven times, became the Gold Glove winner eight times, and appeared in the All-Star games 14 times. The Giants organization believes that what Bonds have accomplished are enough credentials to accommodate him to the list of retired jerseys despite not being a Hall of Fame inductee.

Bonds missed the voting for the Hall of Fame enshrinement. However, his time with the Giants was marred with allegations of use of performance-enhancing drugs, which has barred him from gaining the needed votes to make it to the Hall of Fame.

The Last 3 San Francisco Giants World Series Victories

The recipient of an associate’s degree from Moorpark College, Riad Agel is a Burlingame, California-based sales professional who has worked as an account executive at Lahlouh, Inc., since 1984. Outside of his professional pursuits, Riad Agel is a fan of Major League Baseball‘s (MLB) San Francisco Giants.

The Giants franchise has won 10 World Series since its inception in 1883 but has only won three of those since its move from New York to San Francisco in 1958. Below is a breakdown of those three championships:

1. 2014 – San Francisco won its third World Series in five years in 2014 after defeating the Kansas City Royals 4-3 in the best-of-seven series. Madison Bumgarner was named World Series and National League Championship Series MVP. He pitched 21 innings in the World Series and allowed only nine hits and one earned run.

2. 2012 – The Giants won its second World Series in three years by sweeping the Detroit Tigers 4-0. Game 4 went into extra innings but was won by San Francisco on a base hit to center field by Marco Scutaro at the top of the 10th inning. Pablo Sandoval was named World Series MVP.

3. 2010 – San Francisco outscored the Texas Rangers 29-10 in its five-game World Series victory in 2010. Tim Lincecum was the winning pitcher in the first and last game of the series, while Edgar Renteria was named World Series MVP after registering seven hits and two home runs in 17 at-bats.

Defining and Extending a Comfortable Distance Running Pace

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Riad Agel serves Lahlouh, Inc., operations as an account executive. A sports enthusiast who has coached softball, Riad Agel had the opportunity to run in the Rock and Roll San Diego Marathon and was able to complete the 26.2 mile course in just over five hours, despite it being his first endurance race ever.

For marathon runners, one of the keys to success is maintaining a steady pace. A good way to train for this is by determining the top running speed that can be sustained over an extended period. This can be accomplished through approaching top speed and paying careful attention to the signals the body sends. Once a threshold pace is reached, even small upward ticks can impact air intake rhythm and cause ragged and stressed breathing.

Once the maximum pace that allows steady breathing is attained, pay careful attention to what causes sheer exhaustion to set in. Set a goal that is just outside what you are comfortable with and work toward it through interval training, in which the usual pace is mixed in with a higher pace for short intervals. At the same time, integrate cutdown sessions that involve altering mile times by as little as 10 seconds to monitor the body’s response. Extend these sessions to five miles and then to 10 miles as endurance grows.

The end result should be the ability to sustain faster paces over a full marathon distance, as well as increased awareness of personal limits over extended runs.

The Rock and Roll San Diego Marathon 2020 is Set

Longtime Lahlouh, Inc. account executive Riad Agel has served the company for 35 years. His main responsibilities include taking care of his clients’ day to day needs, managing their projects to ensure that they are done within budget, and making sure that client deadlines are met. When away from work he enjoys outdoor pursuits, including physical challenges. Despite not having any prior running experience, Riad Agel ran in and completed the 26.2-mile Rock and Roll San Diego Marathon in 2001, registering a time of 6:04:08.

The Rock and Roll San Diego Marathon is an annual early summer event that was first held in 1998. The race takes the marathoners through many of San Diego’s picturesque areas.

The next race is scheduled for May 31, 2020. This edition will feature a new event, the Half-Marathon.

The 25-mile full marathon will start at Balboa Park at the intersection of Quince Street and 6th Avenue. The runners will proceed north towards North Heights through Mountain View Drive to the 6-mile mark. Before the 9-mile mark, the full marathoners will split off from the half-marathoners and continue on until they reach University Avenue, moving west toward Mission Bay. The full marathon ends at the intersection of Ash Street and Union Street.

Where the runners split off into two groups, the half-marathoners head south through Balboa Park along Jacaranda Place and Pershing Drive. The half-marathon ends near the water on State Street.

The 2020 races start at 6:15 a.m. Fees are $75 for the full marathon and $70 for the shorter race.