But you have to scroll to the bottom for the results.  😀

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I saw Rat Race once.

Anyway, I’m done with the written portion of the Why I Love My Kid assignment for Benjamin.  I’m just editing some pictures to illustrate it.  Have you started yours?

But that has nothing to do with the race.

Josh and I are racing tonight.

He’s been running three times a week, on alternating days as myself.  So we’ve never run together.

He’s been focusing on speed while I focused on distance.

(Ahem… ran my first half marathon two weeks ago in 1:57:17… in case you missed that)

But we will meet tonight at 6:30 to see who can finish a 5k first.

I did an unofficial 5k last Saturday in 22:42. He ran 4.75mi last week in 32 minutes.

I think I can take him.

But… a la Modern Family… should I?

(That clip doesn’t show the result of the race… couldn’t find one that did.  But she ended up letting him win.)

Tee hee.

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UPDATED!

Well it’s over!  I forgot how much I dislike running shorter distances.  The first half of the race I just wanted to quit.  The second half, the only thing that kept me going was the fact that I was half done.  And the last half mile, when I picked up the speed even more, I just kept telling myself, “You can throw up when you’re done; you’re almost there!”

Gah.

Josh stayed with me for the first half.  I expected as much.  I figured he’d pity me and stay with me til the end and then sprint his way to victory.

But he didn’t.

He fell behind around the half-way point and ended up finishing 40 seconds behind me!

I WON!  23:04 for me and 23:44 for him.

The proof:

But I have a theory on Josh’s actions.

I think I know why he fell behind.  And stayed there.

He likes my running shorts.

They are pretty short.

So we’ll never really know who’s faster.

(I am.)