Kicker - Five times fast

NICK EICHER, HOST: A runner in California just set a Guinness World Record by running a half-marathon in 2 hours and 19 minutes.

Chad Kempel isn’t the first person to run a 13-mile race in that time. But he is the first person to do it while pushing a stroller with all five of his four-year-old children. Yep. Quintuplets!

Even on wheels, pushing five kids for that distance isn’t easy. Especially on hills. But Kempel told TV station KIVI, his kids gave him some motivation.

KEMPEL: And they’re saying ‘run faster dad!’ And I’m just dying sweating, and I’m like ah, I don’t even know if I can go any farther!

This wasn’t Kempel’s first record. He also set a record for a quintuplet-pushing full marathon and the fastest 10k.

Kempel wisely added that it’s nothing compared to what mom does every day with the kids!

MARY REICHARD: Mmm-hmmm!

EICHER: That’s a smart husband!

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