Just because it might be fore some social justice cause doesn ' t mean that it ' s bullshit . <| sep |> Story timeTen years ago I decided to run a 5 k . I had been running very informally for a long time , so I figure it wouldn ' t be very hard and I ' d get a cool tshirt . Without much thought or preparation I signed up . I was in no way ready for this race . Day of the race I have my family park themselves on the final stretch and I get in with the runners . Lesson one , the fast runners will be bunched up near the start line . I didn ' t know this . So when the race starts , I try to keep up with these runners . Within 14 mile , I ' m ready to cough up a lung and I fall back . As the race progresses I run some and walk some . As I do , I notice these two young women seem to be setting their pace by me . As I run and catch them , they run . When I walk , they walk . The seem to be trying to stay just ahead of me . This keeps up until the final stretch . I decide I ' m going to leave it all on the road that day , and I take off for the finish line . I blow past these girls . Well , one of them must think I ' m nuts and lets me go , but the other races me to the finish . We battle the last 12 mile and as we approach the line I remember that I know the race organizer . He gets on the public address system to loudly announce , Ladies and gentlemen , we have a race here ! badwhiskey 63 is pushing it hard here at the finish , lets cheer him on . OMG ! Well I did win a hard fought victory over a 14 year old girl ! That was my first and last 5 k .