Houston Running: VP Candidate Palin: Sub 4-Hour Marathoner

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Thursday, September 04, 2008

VP Candidate Palin: Sub 4-Hour Marathoner

This just in from Bill Dwyer ... "Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, is also a sub-4 hour marathon runner. She ran a 3:59:36 at Humpy's Anchorage Marathon, August 21, 2005, finishing 15th among the women."

Republican Marathoners:
George W. Bush, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Tom Vilsack (Iowa Gov.)
Democratic Marathoners:
Al Gore, John Edwards, John Kerry (maybe; he's says he did)

I stand corrected on the list above.

This link reports Michael Dukakis and Dan Quayle did: "Although no U.S. president has ever run, Michael Dukakis once ran the entire race in a tank commander's helmet. Dan Quayle ran it once after he lost a bet that he couldn't spell potato."

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Don't forget Al Gore who ran the 1997 Marine Corp Marathon in 4:54.

Actually, wasn't it Al Gore that invented the marathon.

Ron; 7:34 AM
WalkSports.com said...: Ron,

I got Al Gore added after Anna Helm reminded me about Quayle. (I won't say how she reminded me about Dan.)

Sub 4. Not bad for a "community organizer" that makes decisions.

Plus I think she actually played organized basketball too.

Jon; 7:39 AM
Woodlands Runner said...: I can see her staring down Vladimir and saying, "lets settle this like men and run a marathon and see who wins."

Kerry was for running a marathon before he was against it.; 5:33 PM
K said...: Only Palin looked good though... She was wearing lipstick!

I love this woman!!; 7:36 AM