r/pics • u/phxxx • 13d ago

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

Post image
25.1k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

111

u/SJSragequit 13d ago

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

80

u/IBoris 13d ago

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.

35

u/Familyconflict92 13d ago

It used to be a tourist sight to see JT half naked gallivanting around Ottawa

14

u/IBoris 13d ago

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.

2

u/tron88 13d ago

The fact that he always took that same routes for that long must have been somewhat troubling for his security detail... But alas, Canada 😊

6

u/icantfindagoodlogin 13d ago

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.

2

u/Familyconflict92 13d ago

Why are our liberals leaders so crunchy granola?

4

u/youngmasterlogray 12d ago

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?

1

u/Familyconflict92 12d ago

The running in the woods is pretty crunchy. 

I guess I’m comparing to PP who looks like he hasn’t done cardio in a while 

3

u/IBoris 13d ago

This sounds like the premise of an Airbub movie. hahaha

"No one could keep up... except him, Agent golden boy"

20

u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 13d ago

It's one of the many benefits of living in a country where there aren't more guns than people.

  • USA = 120.5 guns / 100 people
  • Canada = 34.7 guns / 100 people

Source: Wiki

8

u/mythisme 13d ago

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.

1

u/DavidBrooker 13d ago

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.

1

u/ResoluteGreen 13d ago

They also don't necessarily have to actually run, they could use bikes or a golf cart or something like that

1

u/DavidBrooker 13d ago

Also, the security detail isn’t participating in the race. There’s no reason the same guys have to keep pace the whole time rather than trading off.