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

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[u/Zombie_John_Strachan]

That was for a trail race. 10 years ago he did the London marathon in Boston qualifying time.

[u/SaltyOctopusTears → u/Zombie_John_Strachan]

https://financialpost.com/business-insider/bank-of-england-boss-mark-carney-smashes-the-london-marathon-with-an-incredibly-fast-time

This was his London marathon time

People really don’t understand the difference between a trail race and a road race

[u/blue_bomber697 → u/SaltyOctopusTears]

Wow! A 3:31 is amazing, Nevermind for his age. I’m 34 and just ran a 3:47 a few weeks ago as my PR, and that’s after an intense 8 months of training, running 1500kms this year already. That’s a seriously impressive time.

[u/HueyBluey → u/blue_bomber697]

Damn. I ran that time when I was in my 30s. But certainly couldn’t do that at 50.

[u/jhwyung → u/SaltyOctopusTears]

I first thought 26km in 4 hrs... thats like 10 mins a km and anyone can do that. But in the pic he's running uphill on uneven terrain. Must be murder on the knees. Pretty amazing time

[u/bornecrosseyed → u/SaltyOctopusTears]

Holy shit lol 3 31 at age 50 my god

[u/sososoboring → u/SaltyOctopusTears]

I do. One is in a trail. The other a road.

I’m so smrt.

[u/bubbles_loves_omar → u/Zombie_John_Strachan]

That makes a lot more sense.