In the summer, there is a Night Mystery Run on base. You pick the direction, it determines how long your running course is. Stefan, the child who would have an anxiety attack at the mere mention of doing a FUN (stress on the word FUN) run, asked to do the mystery run...
So we did. He pinned on a number - OK, I pinned it on him. He did a little twitching over the idea of me poking him. And that was it! Off he ran - with Matthew. I ran with Dougie. Eric "ran" with Ian.
Eric and Ian looped around and came back (took their own course - a "Mystery" to the rest of us).
Dougie managed to pick the shortest route - and did the whole thing without a single complaint! We ran/walked with one of Eric's co-workers, Jillian. Dougie had it in him to ditch the co-worker and make a break for the finish line.
Stefan showed up on the scene a bit later - alone. And SMILING!!!
Another 20-ish minutes passed - no Matthew. Dave and I went out looking for him. We finally found him looking flushed and exhausted. He finished - but was none too happy about it. We figured he picked the longest course - 3.8 miles.
Turned out - Stefan took the longest route at 3.8 miles (GASP! This from the child that had a coronary over a 3K!!! - we were so impressed!!!). Matthew had taken the shorter. Only, I think he looped back again... So, Matthew took the win for the longest and most MYSTERIOUS route that night... He still has us guessing where he went!
They don't call it a mystery run for nothing!
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