I started running two years ago, when I decided to train for the CMU random distance run. Ryan started running with me two days later when I made him. I beat him in our first race and he beat me in the second and now we run as a team. We talk strategy in races and distract each other during long runs, except when I don't want to talk and get pissed at him. He usually retaliates by making puking noises. It's a good arrangement.