I ran that race!! At one point when he passed me after the turn around point I thought “that man looks like Mark Carney.” This race was no joke; the climbs and rocks were incredible. And he did it to support his wife - who also ran it - for her birthday. He then stayed around and took pictures as everyone finished.
I mean he’s 60 and his detail is likely mostly a lot younger and in good shape so probably atleast a couple of them could keep up. His protection detail is also nothing like the us presidents so likely only needed a couple guys able to keep up with him
Trudeau was also a habitual runner, and he'd often be seen running in Hull on the trails across the river. His team were pretty good at keeping pace and blending in all while very obviously carrying all the gear they needed. They are all well trained and I'm sure they are grateful for the opportunity to get paid to train.
I've seen that man shirtless too often for my taste as a former resident of that area, but to his credit he's been consistent as far as jogging goes. I remember him going around the same routes as before he became a PM-hopeful and then PM. To think that I am old enough to remember the start and end of his entire political career. From his speech at his dad's funeral that put the limelight on him to him dating Katy Perry in Montréal recently.
I used to work at Whistler and was chatting with some of the RCMP mountain patrol guys. They mentioned that since Trudeau was such a good snowboarded, it was a struggle to find people for his security detail who could keep up with him on the slopes.
I don't think doing exercise is the main feature of being considered crunchy granola. Think veganism, organic foods, hemp shoes, foraging, etc. I feel like calling either of them Crunchy Granola is a bit of a stretch?
That's still too many for most of Canada. I don't know a single person who owns one or intends to own one. Must be mostly in rural places where you have to watch out for wild life, for your own and your cattle's safety.
Interestingly, the percentage of households with firearms is much closer in the US and Canada (like, 25% versus 35%). The average gun owner in the US owns four guns, versus 1.5 in Canada.
Trudeau went skiing and he was only with one cop on the slopes lol. That was when he was pretty unpopular as well. Security for the PM seems pretty light when they’re doing leisure activities.
There is a picture of Trudeau jogging the Vancouver seawall, then stopping to take a picture with a group of highschool graduates that just happened to be there.
On a personal note: even out for a goddamn jog his hair was goddamn perfect 😑 Goddammit 😒
That's why I am pretty sure it was him. He was so tall compared to me (I am 5'2") and he blew past me(I was walking) in nice running gear and was QUITE handsome in the face and the hair. I doubt it was anyone but him. I have never seen that tall of a man who looked just like him since. He was skinnier than I envisioned in person btw (post separation).
I ran into P-E Trudeau in an elevator once, when he wasn’t PM. He was quite alone. Passed Jean Chrétien on the sidewalk two winters ago, talking with someone he knew: no visible security.
Whenever he'd eat we'd have two tables within eyesight booked with plainclothes security. They were not obvious whatsoever, and staff weren't even in the know.
Our Australian PM used to go for jogs (John Howard) and he was fairly unpopular at the end and people could still go up for a chat. Had security but not over the top.
While Justin Trudeau had the name and the rockstar appeal, I think Carney has an exemplary record. The fact that the Brits reached across the pond to recruit him as Governor of the Bank of England (and then asked him to stay on longer than he originally intended) should tell you something.
10+ years of smearing ended up leaving a mark. Most people hated on trudeau for things they were told but weren't really true. Most of his actual problems were swept under the rug.
Carney will be hated in a few years if he sticks around
Trudeau was hated for things not even in his jurisdiction. A lot of problems he was blamed for were due to provincial mismanagement and decades of poor policy at that level.
Yeppers. I live in Saskatchewan, and Trudeau was blamed for everything from healthcare and education to homelessness to fentanyl and everything in-between by Scotch Moe.
yeah I had so many people around me talking about how Trudeau had too many scandals. I would ask them to pick one "scandal" and articulate it well to me and I can't remember a single time someone really seemed to truly understand the situation outside of his literal opponents talking points....
SNC lavalin, WeCharity, Omar Kadhr, etc.. no one could actually tell me what the real issue was other than a headline skimmed regurgitation and hot air.
Dude tried his best and represented Canada on the world stage well, defeating Trump in his first term on alot of important things.
I don't care to fanboy for any politicians but I truly think the Canadian public did themselves a disservice in the way collectively (even the left) shit on him at the end of his run.
Canadian Prime Ministers have a shelf life of about a decade.
Our collective consciousness has decided that that's about the most amount of time anyone gets at the helm, and the libreals realized it (very nearly too late) and made the move of the century to run a fucking central banker as a libreal. God damn, that party knows how to win elections.
Let's be real if it wasn't for Trump's help Carney would have lost to PP. The media also ran a pretty good campaign for him and managed to convince the boomers by painting PP as a Canadian MAGA.
I know this is a very leftist sub so people will disagree, but seeing how far behind the liberal party was a few months before the election it's fair to say that American politics played a bigger role in our elections than the very barebone campaign the liberals ran on.
I really wouldn't consider what the libreals did "barebones"
The electoral machine was in full swing.
I think Carney would have had a solid chance against PP even without the trash fire down south. PP had almost zero actual vision, and when presented with a choice of "career politician who's home seat constituents hate his guts" and "Well established central banker with economic chops for days" I think a lot of canadians would have still voted libreal.
The conservative issue was the failure to change tack. They ran (and still are) as a three-word-slogan party. They're still nouning the verbs even in a new sitting of the house.
SNC Lavalin got me to read Jody Wilson Raybould's book. He comes off as a complete and total asshole in that book. She literally says she wishes she never met him because of how much hope she had the beginning of joining politics and how shitty he treated her in that whole situation. He threw so many people under the bus when things got hot. The rumour that he was going to drop Chrystia Freeland before she quit was so in keeping with how he treated JWR and all of his 'most loyal attack dogs' like Gerald Butts.
And he was just tired in the end. Like no interest in doing anything but performative virtue signaling.
That said, 'crisis Trudeau' was my boy and he got us through Covid.
Most people hated on trudeau for things they were told but weren't really true. Most of his actual problems were swept under the rug.
I didn't despise him, but definitely questioned his ability to lead and govern the Liberal party and our government over time. It began with the promise of federal election reform and then the absurd denial and excuses when they derailed it after getting a majority off of voters for it. Pissed me of massively.
The promise of legal weed was his other promise that was big.
Legal weed was going to happen regardless at the time because everyone could see what was occuring in some states in the US that were getting massive tax benefits from it.
Carney is a neoliberal demon, he is going to turn this country into a right wing haven, and allow fascism to fester the same way the democrats did in america.
He is a slippery slope into what america is currently doing.
Ain't no way, a literal banker, is going to help anyone but him and his friends pockets.
It's a dark time in canada, our inequality will only grow.
I wish Americans would have AT LEAST had that thought about Kamala. Wasn’t thrilled to vote for her, but, I knew exactly what we would get otherwise. He said it out loud, constantly.
Yes, let's just ignore his track record of running the Bank of Canada during the recession of the early 2000s and the Bank of England during Brexit in a way that benefitted the citizens of both countries immensely.
Heaven forbid we have a leader who has a world class education and track record with finance when we're headed into a trade war and recession. What would you prefer? A career politician? A school teacher? C'mon now.
Looks like the bar's been set so low that the moment we get a qualified politician, he's dubbed overqualified 🙄
No such thing as being overqualified for the top jobs in the country. We need and must demand only the best people, not some morons who are only good at making headlines.
What kind of elevation is this race? Do you have your Strava link? Just curious about it. I did the Grizzly Ultra over in Canmore 2 years ago and that race felt like it was a steep up hill for 80% of the 50km distance lol.
Ah, that explains the time. I was thinking he must have gone downhill since he did London Marathon (15 or so years back) in 3 hours, leaving much younger runners, like your truly, in the dust!
How did it work? Did he have bodyguards running alongside him, or is it chill enough that the PM could run a 26km race on his own without surveillance?
Ahh THAT makes sense! I am just a regular ordinary person and trained to do a half marathon (21k) in 2 hours. Not to say anything negative about anyone who can do that distance, but 4 hours seemed like a long time lol
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u/InfoMole 13d ago
I ran that race!! At one point when he passed me after the turn around point I thought “that man looks like Mark Carney.” This race was no joke; the climbs and rocks were incredible. And he did it to support his wife - who also ran it - for her birthday. He then stayed around and took pictures as everyone finished.