UTICA, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Democrat Eliot Spitzer and Republican John Faso briefly suspended the race for governor this morning to compete in the Utica Boilermaker 5K race.
The 53-year-old Faso beat the 47-year-old Spitzer by about 14 seconds after 24 minutes of running on 3.1 miles of hot city asphalt. Both finished strong and well ahead of half of the 2,000 runners.
Faso said he started running two years ago to lose weight and get in better shape.
Spitzer said he also makes a point of running regularly.
It was Faso's first win against Spitzer, who has a wide lead in the polls.
Both said this kind of running was a welcome break from the long days of running for governor.
Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Tom Suozzi was campaigning in New York City. He was telling supporters he will have enough signatures on petitions to put him on the Democratic primary ballot in September.
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