Athletic Supporters And The Cup

Julian has never, ever followed in my footsteps as far as I'm concerned. As per usual, he's in the lead (note: with a few exceptions). Yesterday, Julian had a personal best in his running. The old record for running to Nan's Store and back (one mile) was six minutes and forty-five seconds. Oddly enough, we both shared that record and it stood for about five years.

The record has fallen. It is now 6:41 and I expect that won't stand for long. To the best of my knowledge, Julian is currently the fastest person in the Nielsen/Varty families. Gup, in his army prime, some seventy years ago, did a six minute mile. No one else in the family has come close. Uncle David couldn't run a mile but he likely has an app that could. Me Mootha hiked a four thousand foot mountain in her youth, but she was never a runner. Dana probably doesn't own sneakers. Jason can do it....on a quad. Erik could run the mile but I don't think he could do it as quickly as Julian. Doug owns a crisp cabinet...nuff said. Our favourite Nielsen, David Kersey, might have been a challenger in his prime. Todd can run with Godspeed, but not as fast our little devil.

So, well done Julian. To cap it off Julian did 40 push-ups later that evening. That was also a personal best. I did 57 the night before. I'm still king of that domain....for now.