[disclosure]   I was a sprinter. Both my husband and son do distance. My son finished a half-marathon (13.1 miles) at the age of 9 in 1:37! Pretty good, huh? He was interviewed by the ABC station in Los Angeles right after he finished the race – he was the first under-18 finisher—but the reporter literally stuck the microphone in his face right after he crossed the finish line. It was not pretty. I asked her to give him a minute – and afterwards, he gave a lovely soundbite about the importance of the cause (autism — Operation Jack Foundation) and smartly compared having a sister with Down Syndrome with…