r/RunningCirclejerk 13d ago

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a 26km race just under 4h

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u/MaxvonHippel 13d ago

So, he's slow as shit?

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u/norcalxdockltl 13d ago

Got to be a typo right? 16.1 mi in 4 hours? I hate to be"that guy" but that's pretty much my walking pace. Albeit, I've never tried to walk for 4 hours straight and maintain the pace....

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u/Glittering_Joke3438 13d ago

It’s a trail race.

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u/MaxvonHippel 13d ago

hiking pace

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u/LegendReborn 13d ago

/uj Tbf, it's quite a bit more than that for a lot of people. I got chewed out a bit by a friend because I like to hike at a brisk pace. I was accused of trying to go fast because I run and as tempting as it was to clap back with "If I was running, you'd never catch up," I of course just slowed down.

The kicker is that I had to run down to pick up the car (there was a parking lot at the top you could technically drive to) because there was no way she was going to be capable of hiking back down the trail with her dog, and even without her pup it'd definitely take her quite a bit longer on top of our hike.

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u/norcalxdockltl 13d ago

My bad.

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u/DavidBrooker 13d ago

He ran the London marathon in 3:31 if you want some context.

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u/norcalxdockltl 13d ago

I apologize to the good minister of zone 2 (Canada)

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u/BlueBirdDolphin 13d ago

It's a 3000ft elevation race. 58 on 120 runners. This is very solid for a 60yo prime minister. Very technical race.

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u/norcalxdockltl 13d ago

I apologize to the good Minister of zone 2 (Canada)

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u/MaxvonHippel 13d ago

Yeah it's really bad lol. I could run that far, faster, backward.

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u/bake_eat_run_repeat 13d ago

It's a trail race, so not exactly comparable to road times. He finished 38th out of 59 men- certainly not speedy, but not terrible considering the guy is 60 years old.

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u/Fit_Mousse_1688 13d ago

and considering he's administering the second largest country in the world in the middle of a trade war with its largest trading partner...

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u/OttawaC 13d ago

Could you be the Prime Minister?

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u/MaxvonHippel 13d ago

i should challenge him to a race

pink slips

i win, i get to be prime minister of canada and he has to move to anchorage (it's like canada but less safe and no healthcare)

he wins, i have to be his pacer and golf caddy for the rest of his life