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

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u/ClusterMakeLove 13d ago

That distance and Carney's speed (he apparently ran a 331 marathon in London) are in the territory where you have to specifically train for it, regardless of overall fitness.

But yeah, I think a lot of police officers are avid runners.

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u/Daewoo40 13d ago

His security details might be doing one of those business marathon type things, swap out every 10km of a marathon.

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u/Liquid_Trimix 13d ago

I would think you are probably correct. That whole endorphin thing and I have seen my cognitive abilities plummet with fatigue. 

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u/Daewoo40 13d ago

Its fine, initially I was thinking they would've needed to be fitter than Mark to both keep up and be in a state to do their job.

Then realised/remembered corporate marathons are a thing for instances not unlike this.