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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRyan's lies about running a Sub-Three Hour Marathon catching up with him
Did Ryan Really Run a Sub-Three Hour Marathon?
Runner's World is investigating claims by Rep. Paul Ryan that he ran a marathon in under three hours but "has been unable to find any marathon results by Ryan."
"Requests for more information from Ryan's Washington and Wisconsin offices, and from the Romney-Paul campaign, have so far gone unanswered."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/31/did_ryan_really_run_a_sub-three_hour_marathon.html
That's Lyin-Ryan!
mike_c
(36,214 posts)That's close enough, right?
Truthfully though, I don't have time for this issue. I'm busy developing my super powers and saving humanity from certain destruction.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)He had planned to run it but didn't???
spanone
(135,635 posts)dogknob
(2,431 posts)I can't tell you how many people think the "liberal media" will never "give us any facts" [quotes indicate exact phrases I've seen used]
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)For anyone who was alive during the 60s, they will recall the incident that made headlines around the world about Chairman Mao Tse Dong and his impossible feat of swimming. On July 16 he took a swim in the Yangtze River by the Wuhan bridge to show his nation of China that at 72 years of age, he was still in robust health. It was claimed that he swam 15 kilometers of the river in 65 minutes, which would have been a world record. Everyone knew it was just his party's propaganda.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)n 1994, Pyongyang media reported that Kim Jong-il shot an amazing 11 holes-in-one to achieve an unprecedented 38-under-par game on a regulation 18-hole golf course - on his first try at golf.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)wasn't in the paper. It was real early, or real late, I can't remember, but it was in a place with a lot of trees.
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)That's a fact, jack, according to the US Army. I believe the time keeper, later, landed a gig as Kim Jong-il's caddy.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)I had another pair of boots back at my billets, but they were both right-footed.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)PCIntern
(25,347 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)They were exactly the right height .
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)intaglio
(8,170 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Only done one so far, last year while I had bronchitis.
Almost didn't finish.
Come on man, don't be one of those guys that would post a 26.2 sticker at the back of your car without finishing one.
Knowing Mitt, he'd probably put up a 100 even if he hasn't gone to anything of that sort.
madaboutharry
(40,151 posts)Records of timed races are easily checked. Sponsors of timed races keep copious records and are very diligent in recording chip time.
If Ryan ran a sub-three marathon, it can be guaranteed that there is a record of it. Also, you don't get to claim a time unless it is official. Timing yourself doesn't count. Ryan is a fabricator.
rurallib
(62,346 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)alterfurz
(2,467 posts)yardwork
(61,417 posts)LOL
Whisp
(24,096 posts)! ..............
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Republican Family Values just suck.
Why do Republicans HATE American values like honesty and integrity?
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)Morgan Fairchild.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Fairchild is getting a bit long the tooth these days for a up and coming young Vice Presidential candidate like Runnin' Ryan.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)And yes, perhaps the classic joke should be updated.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Although I even Googled it and got hits on an actress named Morgan Fox..
http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=morgan+fox
This one might be even more appropriate..
Scuba
(53,475 posts).... and wrote down ZERO!
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)playing to 20 handicap, new course that had rated a 200 yard par three as the toughest hole. Put a three iron within two feet and got the birdie. I was playing with the course owner who was friggen irate, first he was pissed that the hole was deemed the toughest on his course and then during the first major event a hacker netted a zero.
central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)hop in a cab when nobody is looking and get out close to the finish
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)hunter
(38,264 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,053 posts)...and I damned near killed myself to maintain a sub 9:00/min pace for all 26.2 miles. Running a sub 3 means that our fucking studly Eddie would have to run sub 7:00/min miles for the entire marathon.
Yes, I call bullshit on this asshole.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Most people would be sufficiently proud to have run a marathon in 4 or 5 hours. Ryan is a pathological liar.
spanone
(135,635 posts)ananda
(28,783 posts).. like breathing in and out.
sadbear
(4,340 posts)Who has bowled numerous perfect games and shot just as many holes in one.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,053 posts)....2:03 marathon, sub 5:00/mile (actually 4:42). Mr. Mutai is a running God.
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Last week, in an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Paul Ryan said that he had run a marathon in under three hours, or, more precisely, I had a two hour and fifty-something. That is quite speedy, and running fans in the forums of Letsrun.com treated the claim with great skepticism. The Internet bore no trace of the run, and Ryan doesnt have the extremely lean frame of your typical fast marathoner. Also, people who run that quickly are generally neurotic about their times. Shouldnt Ryan remember his exactly? He is too intense and driven to just forget something like that, one commentator wrote.
Slate and Runners World investigated. Questions were raised, given the questions about Ryans honesty in his convention speech. This evening the terrific running journalist, Scott Douglas, figured out that Ryan had actually run a 4:01 in Grandmas Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1991, when he was a college student. This is not quite so fast. A 2:55 would have put Ryan 130th out of 3277 men in that race. A 4:01 put him 1990th. Its the difference between racing and running.
I contacted the campaign this evening about the discrepancy. Ryan, through a spokesman, responded that he'd just mixed things up. The race was more than 20 years ago, but my brother Tobinwho ran Boston last yearreminds 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."
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/paul-ryan-marathon.html#ixzz25BgleeT1
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)I'm quite sure Runner's World only went to check on the numbers so they could write a story about it. It's the freaking election season, and having Ryan's face on their cover would be a natural draw to sell magazines. It would have been a great story for them.
And Ryan has already back pedaled on this. Turns out it was actually a 4-hour marathon. Heh.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/paul-ryan-marathon.html#ixzz25BNPJn1A
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)(ha - I thought a bunch - it turns out it was two)
and there are hardly words to describe how insane he was about his training and how neurotic he was about his times.
Damn, he got his second at 41 (last year) and did a personal best. That dude is crazy.
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)alterfurz
(2,467 posts)favorite so far:
Paul Ryan still holds the world record for reading "Atlas Shrugged." He made it to page 93.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Ptoooey.