Accidental cheating?!

I mentioned this in a status update, but it is just too funny not to post as a blog entry if nothing else just for me to have for the future.

At the Firecracker Run on Monday, July 5 there was also a 3K Fun Run (2 miles). At the last minute we signed Zach up, as I mentioned in a previous blog. He was going to walk it with my friend, Carol. Well, true to form, Zach decided to run the first lap. So, after finishing the first lap he accidentally went through the finish line rather than the line to go to the second lap! He corrected himself and finished out the race with Carol - no harm done. However, the funny thing is that when the times were posted on the City of Stow website, they had Zach Ramsey listed as coming in 8th place (out of 170 people) with a time of a little over 13 minutes!! All the other ages of the people who finished in the top 10 or even 20 were like 19 or 23 or 25 and then you see age 8!! Hilarious! When I showed him the results he said, "oh, how embarrassing"! But, you know what? Good for him. When you think about it, this is a lesson to all of us to throw yourself into something you love. To give it all you've got and don't worry about doing it perfectly. Good for him! And bonus, he wasn't playing video games!!!