That put MJL in the black its first quarter, but the sacrifices werent over: Lim discovered that if he was going to be a real player, hed have to give up his hard-won U.S. passport.
"We didn't know beforehand that next year's race was going to cost more, " said 29-year-old Wei Jen Lim, a Midtown West resident who competed Saturday, of the 34% cost increase.