I did something sort of unique last Saturday without even realizing it. It was a beautiful and sunny Fall morning and I decided to go out for a run. I was planning on doing a medium length run of 10-15 miles. I haven’t been doing much running or biking since the Boston Marathon. Prior to the marathon, I would usually get a half-marathon run in every week or so. Without any marathon to train for, I’ve been slacking off. I decided to try for a little longer run. I ended up running 10 miles. I didn’t really think anything of the distance until I plugged my GPS watch into the computer to upload the data. There it was. I had run 10 miles on 10/10/10. I started the run at 9:49AM. Therefore, I also happened to be running at 10:10:10AM on 10/10/10. The picture below is a screen capture from the Garmin program that shows the data from that run. Pretty cool, eh?
That little bit of trivia is pretty small potatoes compared to what happened to a local couple from the Grand Rapids, MI area on that day. They had a baby born on 10/10/10. Of course, you’re probably thinking that a lot of other couples had babies born on that day, too. However, the Soper family’s story is even more unique. They also had a baby born on 8/8/8 and one on 9/9/9. Can you believe that? I don’t know for sure, but I would imagine that they’re probably the only ones that can claim that. It sure makes it easy for them to remember their kid’s birthdays!
Here’s a link to the story that was carried by the local news station.
