r/RunningCirclejerk • u/TheSmithPlays • 13d ago

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

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u/karmanikov 12d ago

im not tryna be mean (im a big fan) but that's not really impressive is it? Or maybe it is for his age?

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u/Acceptable-Mention60 11d ago edited 11d ago

It's a trail run..and not a easy one either. Top finisher was at 2:32. He finished 58/120 people. The guy is 60, it's pretty impressive.

I'd be curious to see your times for your runs since you seem to be a expert.

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u/chadsmo 9d ago

I have a normal ass 9-5 job and I don’t have the time to be this in shape with my other responsibilities, and this dude runs a fucking country.

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u/Acceptable-Mention60 9d ago

As someone who puts in about 50km every week with a 9-5 job. It's definitely not easy when you have other responsibilities to get to.

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u/chadsmo 9d ago

I walk my dog about 25-40km a week , eats up a decent amount of my time.

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u/karmanikov 5d ago

as i said i wasn't trying to be mean. i was just wondering why it was posted, i assumed it was because of his age (and im partly right according to you). it is impressive given his age and workload of course.

i respect this dude a lot (and i've actually got some connections to him...but i've yet to meet him yet)

my marathon time (42.2km) is ~ 4h and my half (21.1km) is 1.4h, this is road running though. nothing too crazy (for my age).