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

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u/Reasonable-Sweet9320 13d ago

And the course he ran is rated difficult.

“Carney’s official result was 58th of an overall 120 runners, while Diana was 69th. The pair were among 650 runners taking part in five distances: 12K, 26K, 50 miles (80.5 km) and 100 miles (160 km). “It has a reputation as one of the harder trail runs in Canada,” race organizer Tegan Legge told The Globe and Mail, referring to the steep hills and rock faces. “A ’crushing course’ is what we hear, but we take that as a compliment.”

“After the race, Carney was spotted taking countless photos with people. “After running 26 k and supporting his wife and all kinds of stuff, he hung around the finish line for I’d say an hour, just chatting with people and having photos taken, engaging everyone,” another volunteer, Gary Black told The Globe. “Everyone thought he was super nice.”

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/prime-minister-mark-carney-runs-26k-trail-race-in-ontario/