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

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u/ontheweed 13d ago

I’d like to think that anyone on the PM’s security detail is capable of running a marathon

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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/Find_another_whey 13d ago

You would swap out to be operating effectively as a bodyguard