Tarik El-Bashir’s failed 40-yard dash at Redskins Park (Video)

Comcast SportsNet’s Tarik El-Bashir, who used to be WaPo’s Tarik El-Bashir, decided that today would be a good day to show off his running prowess in a 40-yard dash against the AP’s Joe White.

El-Bashir makes it 10 yards before falling on his face. His excuse?

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The turf was wet. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) November 15, 2012

And then:

The real story here is I ran a 5.9 second 40-yard dash. In the race where I didn't slip ON THE WET TURF.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) November 15, 2012

Suuure. Video or it didn’t happen.

What we do have, via Chris Russell, is video of the first attempt.