Fri Aug 31, 2012, 04:33 PM

Runners World: We Can’t Verify Paul Ryan’s Sub-3-Hour-Marathon Claim

Source: TPM

Runners World magazine is looking into Paul Ryan's claim that he ran a marathon in less than three hours.

"Runner's World has been unable to find any marathon results by Ryan," Scott Douglas wrote Friday. "Requests for more information from Ryan's Washington and Wisconsin offices, and from the Romney-Paul campaign, have so far gone unanswered."

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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/runners-world-we-cant-verify-paul-ryans-sub

Oh, those pesky fact-checkers! Won't even let a candidate for VP get away with making an unsubstantiated claim that he ran a marathon much faster than any other marathoner on a national ticket.

From Runners World:

http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/

In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt last week, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said he's run a sub-3:00 marathon.

In the interview, after Ryan told Hewitt that he ran in high school, Hewitt asked if Ryan still runs. Ryan replied, "Yeah, I hurt a disc in my back, so I don't run marathons anymore. I just run ten miles or less." When Hewitt asked Ryan what his personal best is, Ryan replied, "Under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something."

Runner's World 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-Ryan campaign, have so far gone unanswered.

If Ryan has broken 3:00, he'd be the fastest marathoner to be on a national ticket. John Edwards has run 3:30; George W. Bush has run 3:44; Sarah Palin has run 3:59; and Al Gore has run 4:58.

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Runners World: We Can’t Verify Paul Ryan’s Sub-3-Hour-Marathon Claim (Original post)	highplainsdem	Aug 2012	OP
Is there anything Ryan won't lie about? n/t	livetohike	Aug 2012	#1
No	tooeyeten	Aug 2012	#47
When I say I ran under a 3	tufnel	Aug 2012	#2
Welcome to DU, tufel! nt	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#5
When I say I ran under a 3	Squinch	Aug 2012	#10
Maybe he said 'I ran under a TREE' -- chewing gum and talking ain't easy ya know	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#68
LOL! Good one!	smirkymonkey	Sep 2012	#89
I think they're all lying, 25 miles, sure, sure.	xtraxritical	Aug 2012	#15
Lyin' Ryan at it again, huh?	NV Whino	Aug 2012	#3
Something Paul has in common with Chinese communists..	cyclezealot	Aug 2012	#4
Kim Jung Il got 11 holes-in-one in one round of golf	central scrutinizer	Aug 2012	#43
And I think that was in his first round of golf ever (nt)	matt819	Aug 2012	#45
It was a 9 hole short round.	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#73
All he'd have to do is name the race.	alphafemale	Aug 2012	#6
Ryan's memory could use some jogging	Blue Owl	Aug 2012	#7
I Wonder If His Name Really is Paul Ryan?	Yavin4	Aug 2012	#8
ROFL	alcibiades_mystery	Aug 2012	#22
Maybe his name is really Rosie Ruiz	Gormy Cuss	Aug 2012	#29
I was standing a couple hundred yards from the finish line that day and saw Rosie finish.	mysuzuki2	Aug 2012	#56
Yavin THAT is the best line I have heard yet to sum up this Lying Liar	underpants	Sep 2012	#88
A Marathoner that can't remember their personal best time?	Blue Idaho	Aug 2012	#9
And The Name of the Race & Probably The Date	HangOnKids	Aug 2012	#20
Can't remember the first girl he kissed either	BlueStreak	Aug 2012	#38
What's to figure out? Were his lips moving? Then he's lying.	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#11
Wow. You know you have a problem with the truth	catbyte	Aug 2012	#12
...	Cha	Aug 2012	#19
Even Palin didn't make that claim	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#13
Well he didn't claim to have done it all at one time, right?	petronius	Aug 2012	#14
That is the only way he could do it!	goclark	Aug 2012	#24
Ryan: Trust me, like you trust Romney with his taxes!	sakabatou	Aug 2012	#16
Kim Jong Il got 11 holes-in-one in golf once	arcane1	Aug 2012	#17
Fucking Lyan. No wonder Anngry wanted him	Cha	Aug 2012	#18
That is a pretty fucking ridiculous lie to tell, if it's a lie	alcibiades_mystery	Aug 2012	#21
It demonstrates more about him than his other obvious lies so far.	jobycom	Aug 2012	#61
+1 n/t	area51	Sep 2012	#70
I think he has a personality disorder. Seriously.	smirkymonkey	Sep 2012	#90
I've run several marathons...	lolamio	Aug 2012	#23
I have run 4	underpants	Sep 2012	#87
Eh, it's believable. Sub 3hrs isn't that hard for a young runner	mathematic	Aug 2012	#25
Funny...	Aviation Pro	Aug 2012	#28
Sub 3 is a 6:50 pace, not a 6:00 pace. That's a big difference.	mathematic	Aug 2012	#30
I was being general....	Aviation Pro	Aug 2012	#34
But he couldn't even remember his PR	groundloop	Aug 2012	#51
We already know he's a liar.	Quantess	Aug 2012	#26
A perfect dirty operator for the Mormon bishop	jsr	Aug 2012	#27
A good friend has done it multiple times	carlotta	Aug 2012	#31
Is this the Vulture/Voucher jobs plan? Create the need for hundreds of thousands of	jtuck004	Aug 2012	#32
I'm sure he can do it under 3 because	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#33
You mean he doesn't have a world record? Three Olympic gold Metals? What a liar!	AsahinaKimi	Aug 2012	#35
Lyin Ryan, that's all there is to that!	DavidL	Aug 2012	#36
easy to settle - have him do it again.	rurallib	Aug 2012	#37
So he remembers his personal best marathon time	Mr.Bill	Aug 2012	#39
He won't release any more information about which race or what the exact time	tblue37	Aug 2012	#40
anyone I lnow who has run a sub 3 marathon	zuzu98	Aug 2012	#41
He plans to run the country into the ground in less than four years	jmowreader	Aug 2012	#42
a marathon is 26.2 miles	Pat Riot	Aug 2012	#44
.	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2012	#79
I will concede	Mr.Bill	Aug 2012	#46
Republican Response	PMcDee	Aug 2012	#48
Update: It was a 4(!) hour marathon	mathematic	Aug 2012	#49
Good catch. Runners World doesn't take kindly to cheats and liars	groundloop	Aug 2012	#53
My dh can do it in 3:42 Ryan is slow on his feet, but a fast liar	Heather MC	Aug 2012	#55
The results state Mpls as the residence for Paul D. Ryan	Jimbo S	Aug 2012	#63
Oh that's definitely him. See place 2028, Stan Ryan, older brother & MN resident	mathematic	Aug 2012	#64
So instead of a 2:50ish, it's possibly more like 4:01ish?	lolamio	Aug 2012	#66
26 miles in three hours? BFD!	FailureToCommunicate	Aug 2012	#50
My DH has run over 30 Marathons	Heather MC	Aug 2012	#52
i ran too	nickolas007	Aug 2012	#54
I killed seven in one blow!	zbdent	Aug 2012	#57
"Marathongate" This story has legs.	zonkers	Aug 2012	#58
I have 35 sub-3-hour marathon finishes...	DreamGypsy	Aug 2012	#59
I run marathons in SE Wisconsin	Jimbo S	Aug 2012	#60
He may have run under the name "Tommy Flanagan"	nuxvomica	Sep 2012	#71
ROFL	alcibiades_mystery	Sep 2012	#72
He probably only does P30X, too.	spooky3	Aug 2012	#62
lol	obamanut2012	Sep 2012	#77
They can't find ANY marathon results n/t	TexasBushwhacker	Aug 2012	#65
Maybe he had a dream about it - those can really seem real ya know	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#67
Serial Liar?	PMcDee	Sep 2012	#69
Quelle surprise! Lyin' Ryan actually run in 4:01:25 and it was a long time ago. (thread link)	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#74
He exhibits the same pathological lying traits as a fascist.	olegramps	Sep 2012	#75
Very interesting.	speedoo	Sep 2012	#82
It wasn't my intention to equate him with Hitler.	olegramps	Sep 2012	#83
This message was self-deleted by its author	BadgerKid	Sep 2012	#76
Romney's "running" mate	Lex	Sep 2012	#78
Hey, he's creating his own reality !	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2012	#80
And he's supposedly the GOP's "numbers guy"?	Canuckistanian	Sep 2012	#81
"I worry that the story of Paul Ryan lying about his marathon time will overshadow the fact...	alterfurz	Sep 2012	#84
Sad	Herlong	Sep 2012	#85
"I really wanted to go for the douche-bag"	renate	Sep 2012	#86
Runners are pissed	adigal	Sep 2012	#91

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 04:35 PM

livetohike (14,780 posts)

Runners World: We Can’t Verify Paul Ryan’s Sub-3-Hour-Marathon Claim

1. Is there anything Ryan won't lie about? n/t

47. No

2. When I say I ran under a 3

5. Welcome to DU, tufel! nt

10. When I say I ran under a 3

68. Maybe he said 'I ran under a TREE' -- chewing gum and talking ain't easy ya know

89. LOL! Good one!

15. I think they're all lying, 25 miles, sure, sure.

3. Lyin' Ryan at it again, huh?

4. Something Paul has in common with Chinese communists..

43. Kim Jung Il got 11 holes-in-one in one round of golf

45. And I think that was in his first round of golf ever (nt)

73. It was a 9 hole short round.

6. All he'd have to do is name the race.

7. Ryan's memory could use some jogging

8. I Wonder If His Name Really is Paul Ryan?

22. ROFL

29. Maybe his name is really Rosie Ruiz

56. I was standing a couple hundred yards from the finish line that day and saw Rosie finish.

88. Yavin THAT is the best line I have heard yet to sum up this Lying Liar

9. A Marathoner that can't remember their personal best time?

20. And The Name of the Race & Probably The Date

38. Can't remember the first girl he kissed either

11. What's to figure out? Were his lips moving? Then he's lying.

12. Wow. You know you have a problem with the truth

19. ...

13. Even Palin didn't make that claim

14. Well he didn't claim to have done it all at one time, right?

24. That is the only way he could do it!

16. Ryan: Trust me, like you trust Romney with his taxes!

17. Kim Jong Il got 11 holes-in-one in golf once

18. Fucking Lyan. No wonder Anngry wanted him

21. That is a pretty fucking ridiculous lie to tell, if it's a lie

61. It demonstrates more about him than his other obvious lies so far.

70. +1 n/t

90. I think he has a personality disorder. Seriously.

23. I've run several marathons...

87. I have run 4

25. Eh, it's believable. Sub 3hrs isn't that hard for a young runner

28. Funny...

30. Sub 3 is a 6:50 pace, not a 6:00 pace. That's a big difference.

34. I was being general....

51. But he couldn't even remember his PR

26. We already know he's a liar.

27. A perfect dirty operator for the Mormon bishop

31. A good friend has done it multiple times

32. Is this the Vulture/Voucher jobs plan? Create the need for hundreds of thousands of

33. I'm sure he can do it under 3 because

35. You mean he doesn't have a world record? Three Olympic gold Metals? What a liar!

36. Lyin Ryan, that's all there is to that!

37. easy to settle - have him do it again.

39. So he remembers his personal best marathon time

40. He won't release any more information about which race or what the exact time

41. anyone I lnow who has run a sub 3 marathon

42. He plans to run the country into the ground in less than four years

44. a marathon is 26.2 miles

79. .

46. I will concede

48. Republican Response

49. Update: It was a 4(!) hour marathon

53. Good catch. Runners World doesn't take kindly to cheats and liars

55. My dh can do it in 3:42 Ryan is slow on his feet, but a fast liar

63. The results state Mpls as the residence for Paul D. Ryan

64. Oh that's definitely him. See place 2028, Stan Ryan, older brother & MN resident

66. So instead of a 2:50ish, it's possibly more like 4:01ish?

50. 26 miles in three hours? BFD!

52. My DH has run over 30 Marathons

54. i ran too

57. I killed seven in one blow!

58. "Marathongate" This story has legs.

59. I have 35 sub-3-hour marathon finishes...

60. I run marathons in SE Wisconsin

71. He may have run under the name "Tommy Flanagan"

72. ROFL

62. He probably only does P30X, too.

77. lol

65. They can't find ANY marathon results n/t

67. Maybe he had a dream about it - those can really seem real ya know

69. Serial Liar?