My Mission...Beating Ryan Reynolds

Well, hello everyone. My name is Tim Reid. I'll start this by saying that I don't dislike Ryan Reynolds. All in all, he seems like a nice guy. But, over the past couple of years he has kind of been unknowingly taunting me. It started with the 2005 Men's Health "Get Back in Shape" issue with Ryan on the cover.

The issue hit my mailbox and my wife just about drowned with all of the drool coming from her mouth. "Wow, who is that"?! She said. "He's way hotter than Brad Pitt"! She soon forgot about it after I threw the issue away.
Then over the past couple of years, Ryan has been everywhere. "Definitely Maybe", "Smokin Aces", "X-Men Origins", "The Proposal", and "Adventureland". He also just signed on to be the Green Hornet beating out Justin Timberlake and Bradley Cooper. Previous to all of this, Ryan starred in "Van Wilder"...that's pretty much when everyone goes..."Oh, I know that guy".

If at this point, you still don't know who Ryan Reynolds is then this should do it...he is the guy who married Scarlett Johansson.

His greatest taunt, though, was his running the 2008 NYC Marathon in a better time than I did. Ryan ran a 3:50:22 over the 26.2 miles. My time in 2004 was 4:18:47. So, he basically killed my time. Oh and did I mention that he ran the marathon in LONG,BLACK PANTS!! Who runs a marathon in long pants when it's not cold outside. Look around him and tell me if you see anyone else in pants....nope!! Oh, wait, there is that one person in the berry colored track suit. Not sure she counts? ALSO, REMEMBER...this guy is from CANADA!! In my picture above, I am wearing long black pants in this year's Manhattan Half Marathon...but, it's was 12 degrees outside!


The final straw was Ryan on both front and back covers of the March issue of Men's Health. The front cover about getting back in shape and the back cover is all about fashion. The thing about this issue was that it was everywhere. I went to the doctor...Ryan Reynolds Men's Health issue in the waiting room. Waiting to meet with my CFO...Ryan Reynolds Men's Health issue in his office. Having my car serviced..Ryan Reynolds Men's Health issue in their waiting room. On the train...guy drops his magazine at my feet...freakin Ryan Reynolds Men's Health issue.

It was then that I decided to start training for the 2009 NYC marathon. THE GOAL...BEATING RYAN REYNOLDS. I'll train to beat his time of 3:50:22. I have run 3 marathons. Pittsburgh in 2002 (4:29:41), Marine Corps in 2003 (4:09:22) and NYC in 2004 (4:18:47). So as you can see, this is going to take some commitment. I'm going to run for TEAM FOX (The Michael J Fox Foundation) as Ryan did last year and my goal is $20,000.