{"id":563,"date":"2013-02-22T04:55:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T04:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinbrownbooks.wordpress.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2021-03-10T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T21:44:34","slug":"can-a-man-win-a-swimming-race-against-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/can-a-man-win-a-swimming-race-against-a-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a man win a swimming race against a dog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/can-a-man-win-a-swimming-race-against-a-dog\/dog-race\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dog-race.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"580,580\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dog race\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dog-race.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1715 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dog-race-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dog-race-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dog-race-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/dog-race.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning on our radio show we asked &#8216;Can Jase, Stace or Justin&#8217; win a swimming race against a dog. All week we asked listeners to submit opponents. Kira the German Shepard was chosen.<\/p>\n<p>But where would we race? Not surprisingly every public pool in town told us to jump in the lake. The sea! Of course. Friday morning rolled round and three names were places in a bucket. The loser had to race Kira.<\/p>\n<p>I drew the short straw.\u00a0&#8216;Shake!&#8217; I said. And she did. Good sport. And we were off!<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the first race was undecided as it was suggested I cheated by running the last bit. I thought I was being a good sport by emulating the doggy paddle. (Didn&#8217;t see Kira trying backstroke.) The second race was definitive. Sort of.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kira just wanted her ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This morning on our radio show we asked &#8216;Can Jase, Stace or Justin&#8217; win a swimming race against a dog. All week we asked listeners to submit opponents. Kira the German Shepard was chosen. 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