Paul Ryan – PR?…BS!
Republican vp candidate Paul Ryan recently bragged about having a marathon PR (personal record) of 2 hours 50ish minutes. For your reference, a marathon is 26.2 miles and to run it that fast would mean he ran 7 minute miles, which is pretty darn quick.
Well, Runner’s World checked it out and turns out it was total bullshit – he ran it in 4 hours and 1 minute. Here’s the link to the story in Wall Street Journal.
OK, this is funny to me not because I’m a member of the runner’s police, but because I’m a Democrat and like poking fun at Republicans sometimes. I seriously don’t care that this was his “big fish” story.
My personal best was the Marine Corps Marathon in 2005. My medal says that I ran it in 4 hours and 40 minutes, but it probably was more like an hour and a half.
Lisa 😉
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Somehow I have a feeling you might enjoy this 😉 http://www.paulryantimecalculator.com/
Always handy to know your Paul Ryan Adjusted-Time……..
LOL! LOVE It! Will re-post 🙂
Oh Lisa, you never disappoint- I love your posts!!!! They always make me laugh (or cry)… Keep up the great work 🙂
Aw, thanks. I love your posts too!
According to the Paul Ryan Time Calculator (http://www.paulryantimecalculator.com/), your new PR is 3:23:00!
Oh this is AWESOME! You know I’m going to have to re-post this, right?
Ha! If you did a marathon in under three hours, I bet you would know your exact time, down to the minute. That’s all I have to say about that.
I know if I ran a marathon in under 3 I would have the time tattooed on my left arm.