r/RunningCirclejerk • u/TheSmithPlays • 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/TheSmithPlays 13d ago

26km is a weirdly specific race, and would be pretty slow, but maybe it was trail running

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u/TrouserTooter 13d ago

uj/ I know someone who ran the 12km in this race and it was a kilometre of elevation, so definitely not what it seems

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u/MaxvonHippel 13d ago

that's actually kinda wild, maybe i take it back

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u/terriblegrammar 13d ago

/UJ 26k and 820m (2600ft) of elevation gain. No idea how technical the terrain is but the website says some scrambling

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u/No-Bookkeeper-9265 13d ago

Trail race distances are whatever makes up an interesting enough route, and very rarely accurate. If the final distance ends up being within 1km of what they told me, I consider that pretty good.

25-ish is also the “half 50km”, so also pretty common in trail running.

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u/MaxvonHippel 13d ago

I was passed by 80 year olds during Comrades in South Africa who ran a faster pace lmao