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When John F Kennedy Says WalkYou Walk
In 1962 John F Kennedy told the country to get fit. We had no idea most of his exercise was done horizontally. He said to walk 50 miles. Now when a President with great hair tells you to walk 50 miles you don't ask if he's out of his mind, you start walking.
There was only one problem. I was 9 years old and started my walk at 4 am with my two brothers. Now why on earth would the cops stop three little kids walking around at 4 am?
Cop "What you kids doin?" Kids "We're walking 50 miles, duh! We got a Big Hunk and a Hires Root beer so don't worry about us Copper." Then the cop calls our parents. "Hello, this is officer O'Flanagan, I got your runaway kids here. They came up with some insane story about walking 50 mi... what! they have your permission? You're lucky it's not the year 2008 cause I would have to take the kids away from you and have you arrested." "Ok. goodbye." Click.
Well we made it! 50 miles. Within a few years I would start running. This was before the running boom, and people had never seen anyone running. They would stare and yell, "What ya doin' in your underwear?"
So that is my John F. Kennedy Story. I'm sure many of you baby boomers remember it well.
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