Watch the LADbible try to keep up with 13.1 mph marathon speed. It makes them pray and curse at the same time:

The highly-decorated runner was found stabbed to death in her home. PlayersPrayers joins AK in praying that God may grant strength to family and friends at this difficult time.

So Benjamin Pacheco ran 14:47.62 for 5000m in @Crocs at the @PortlandTrack Twilight meet on Saturday.

Results: https://t.co/XDpvY5wJVn pic.twitter.com/64p9d5kjVn

— RunnerSpace (@runnerspace) May 9, 2021

We live in Utah, the land of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Independence Day Parade in our city had a 5K earlier in the morning. We noticed many of the finishers wore Crocs instead of running shoes. Now, Utah has many oddities, but this was a new one. Turns out, running in Crocs is a recent Mormon success story:

Mormons have a bunch of kids. And Benjamin who ran so fast is one of ten kids. Benjamin’s dad retells the story of how it all started:

Well, it started by accident really, back in 2009. About to head out for a run, I noticed that two of my children were wearing Crocs: “We’re ready!” they said. And despite me telling them to go and put some proper shoes on, they insisted they were fine as they were. Not in the mood to argue, I went along with it.

Via running heroes

And the moral of the story: kids can spark innovation.

Kent Shaffer delivers seven quick biblical lessons about running. That doesn’t necessarily mean that great runners turn out to be great ministers or vice versa. But at least there are interesting guidelines for people engaged in both fields.