US VP Candidate apparently lying about marathon time

MadsL

Last week US Vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said in an interview that he ran a sub-3 hour marathon.

PR: Yeah, I hurt a disc in my back, so I don’t run marathons anymore. I just run ten miles or yes.
HH: But you did run marathons at some point?
PR: Yeah, but I can’t do it anymore, because my back is just not that great.
HH: I’ve just gotta ask, what’s your personal best?
PR: Under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something.

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Thing is there appears to be no record of Paul Ryan logging such time. Runners World are investigating.

http://www.wtop.com/278/3016616/Runners-World-investigating-Paul-Ryans-marathon-claim

What will be the reaction by US runners if he fails to back up this claim?

Run and Jump

Who'd run a sub-3 hour marathon PB and not remember the exact time to the minute and second? Unless of course he ran so many sub-3s that he's lost count...

Invisible Mr Obama in the chair, what do you think?

MadsL

Barrack Obama wrote:

https://twitter.com/BarackObama/statuses/241392153148915712?tw_i=241392153148915712&tw_e=media&tw_p=tweetembed

Krusty_Clown

It's like Jedward-gate all over again.

MadsL

dev123

All the oul timers lie about their times! I would expect nothing less from a (potential) future VP

MadsL

dev123 wrote: »

All the oul timers lie about their times! I would expect nothing less from a (potential) future VP

And the question to ask is ... Mr Ryan, where was this again?

MadsL

http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-News-_-PaulRyanSub3

We have some new information on Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's claim in a radio interview of a sub-3:00 marathon.

A spokesman for the Romney-Ryan campaign e-mailed Runner's World today to say Ryan ran Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, while a college student in 1991.

When asked about Ryan’s finishing time, the spokesman said, "His comments on the [radio] show were the best of his recollection."

Ryan's name does not show up in the 1991 race results provided by Grandma's. Runner's World checked 11 years of results for Grandma's Marathon, from 1988 through 1998, and found a finisher in the 1990 race by the name of Paul D. Ryan, 20, of Minneapolis.

Ryan's middle name is Davis, and he was 20 in 1990. The finishing time listed was 4 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds.

We are awaiting confirmation from the Ryan camp that the vice presidential nominee is the Paul D. Ryan listed in the race results – and, if he is, whether he ran any other marathons faster than 4:01:25.

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Myth busted.

TRR

Sure 4hrs is the new 3 hrs

ultraman1

could of been his gun time......

Kurt Godel

Paul was busy fighting terrorists and missed registration, so Mitt picked up his number, ran back through the crowds after the start, passed over the number, that explains any discrepancy.

I bow to you, Paul.

Krusty_Clown

Ryan, through a spokesman, responded that he’d just mixed things up: “The race was more than 20 years ago, but my brother Tobin—who ran Boston last year—reminds me that he is the owner of the fastest marathon in the family and has never himself ran a sub-three. If I were to do any rounding, it would certainly be to four hours, not three. He gave me a good ribbing over this at dinner tonight.”

Shocker. :rolleyes:

wrstan

Didn't he say that the course was long according to his garmin

ManFromAtlantis

wrstan wrote: »

Didn't he say that the course was long according to his garmin

tool. (him, not you)

Redgraffle

PB for me !!! Well done buddy....

tunguska

Run and Jump wrote: »

Invisible Mr Obama in the chair, what do you think?

My God what was Clint at? Bloody hell if there was ever a time for the shepards crook to be utilised.............

MadsL

pc11

ultraman1 wrote: »

could of been his gun time......

Grammar red card.

rom

BBC have picked it up http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19462506

robinph

Seems strange that someone would forget their marathon time alright. But could easily get confused between remembering a half time of 1:50'ish, then realising when on the spot that was a clearly daft number so then not retrieving the memory of the full marathon time correctly. The brain and memory do strange things sometimes.

Of course he hopefully doesn't get in, but I've been known to quote 5km times when chatting with people about 10km times. Old age you see.

MadsL

robinph wrote: »

Seems strange that someone would forget their marathon time alright. But could easily get confused between remembering a half time of 1:50'ish, then realising when on the spot that was a clearly daft number so then not retrieving the memory of the full marathon time correctly. The brain and memory do strange things sometimes.

Of course he hopefully doesn't get in, but I've been known to quote 5km times when chatting with people about 10km times. Old age you see.

Would you not have corrected it if so, by coming clean and saying, sorry - made a mistake my time was....4.01

rom

MadsL wrote: »

Would you not have corrected it if so, by coming clean and saying, sorry - made a mistake my time was....4.01

politicians don't make mistakes. They do not recall or have errors in judgement.

Pherekydes

rom wrote: »

politicians don't make mistakes. They do not recall or have errors in judgement.

They have mature recollections.

shels4ever

robinph wrote: »

Seems strange that someone would forget their marathon time alright. But could easily get confused between remembering a half time of 1:50'ish, then realising when on the spot that was a clearly daft number so then not retrieving the memory of the full marathon time correctly. The brain and memory do strange things sometimes.

Of course he hopefully doesn't get in, but I've been known to quote 5km times when chatting with people about 10km times. Old age you see.

I knew your 17 min 10k was a bit quick.

Slogger Jogger

Now we can all calculate our 'Paul Ryan' race adjusted time...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/paul-ryan-time-calculator-how-fast-would-the-repu

Krusty_Clown

Woot! I've a new Paul Ryan certified World Record!
Marathon: 2:00:49

MadsL

Don't forget that when interviewed you ran 1.57something....

pgmcpq

Classic commentry :

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/opinion/krugman-rosie-ruiz-republicans.html

Poor auld Rosie ...gets dragged into everything !