Ryan's lies about running a Sub-Three Hour Marathon catching up with him

[WI_DEM]

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]

1. well look, he *thought* about maybe running a sub-three hr time....

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. he can take a chair with him while he does.

[Lifelong Protester]

2. He ran it retroactively??

He had planned to run it but didn't???

[spanone]

3. there you go with that silly 'fact-check' stuff again, you liberals!!!!!

[dogknob]

50. Lose the sarcasm tag. That's what they really think.

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]

4. He's channeling Chairman Mao

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]

7. Or maybe Rosie Ruiz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Ruiz

[central scrutinizer]

21. top this, Lyin' Ryan

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. I remember. Early use of Photoshop.

[russspeakeasy]

5. It is certainly possible. I ran a 3 minute mile and it

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]

15. I ran a four minute mile in combat boots

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]

28. I was hauling a 63 lb pack and wearing only 1 combat boot.

[Brother Buzz]

32. I was a draftee and was issued two left-footed boots

I had another pair of boots back at my billets, but they were both right-footed.

[russspeakeasy]

34. That proves it. The gummint can't do anything right..

[PCIntern]

19. ...and they were all the right height...

[russspeakeasy]

25. YAAAAAAAAAA ! You were there !!!!

They were exactly the right height .

[Nye Bevan]

6. A half-marathon? Which makes it a half-truth? (nt)

[intaglio]

8. Did he run it on the Appalachian Trail? n/t

[Xyzse]

9. Marathons are no joke

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]

10. Stupid thing to lie about.

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]

11. maybe he crossed a couple of time zones?

[polly7]

12. Can we say .......... invisible ?

[Ikonoklast]

13. He mis-spoke. It was The Chair that had that time.

[TwilightGardener]

22. Chairiots of Fire.

[alterfurz]

46. Chairiots of Liar!

[yardwork]

47. That is great!

LOL

[Whisp]

48. that's beautiful!

! ..............

[TwilightGardener]

56. All I can say is

[Berlum]

14. Jeez, these Republican creeps lie about everything

Republican Family Values just suck.
Why do Republicans HATE American values like honesty and integrity?

[gkhouston]

16. Ah, c'mon. He ran it with his wife.

Morgan Fairchild.

[Fumesucker]

31. You sure that's not Morgan Fox?

Fairchild is getting a bit long the tooth these days for a up and coming young Vice Presidential candidate like Runnin' Ryan.

[gkhouston]

37. Don't you mean Megan Fox?

And yes, perhaps the classic joke should be updated.

[Fumesucker]

38. Yeah, I guess I did..

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]

17. I once played golf with Paul Ryan. He got a hole-in-one.....

.... and wrote down ZERO!

[russspeakeasy]

29. That is funny !

[rufus dog]

35. I actually once netted a zero

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]

18. He usd the Rosie Ruiz strategy

hop in a cab when nobody is looking and get out close to the finish

[Motown_Johnny]

20. Maybe he drove a sub three hour marathon

[hunter]

23. Those guys carrying his chair were fast!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_chair

[Aviation Pro]

24. The fastest marathon I ever ran was 3:41...

...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]

51. He did not need to lie about this.

Most people would be sufficiently proud to have run a marathon in 4 or 5 hours. Ryan is a pathological liar.

[spanone]

26. paul lyan

[ananda]

27. Boy R&R just lie as a matter of course..

.. like breathing in and out.

[sadbear]

30. Time to start comparing him to Kim Jong Il.

Who has bowled numerous perfect games and shot just as many holes in one.

[Logical]

33. He did, the same one I ran in under 2 hours

[Aviation Pro]

39. Geoffrey is that you?

....2:03 marathon, sub 5:00/mile (actually 4:42). Mr. Mutai is a running God.

[bullwinkle428]

36. Kim-Jong Il once claimed a golf score of 18 (i.e., a hole-in-one on every hole)!

[jsr]

41. .

[nolabear]

42. This from The New Yorker:

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 doesn’t have the extremely lean frame of your typical fast marathoner. Also, people who run that quickly are generally neurotic about their times. Shouldn’t Ryan remember his exactly? “He is too intense and driven to just forget something like that,” one commentator wrote.


Slate and Runner’s World investigated. Questions were raised, given the questions about Ryan’s honesty in his convention speech. This evening the terrific running journalist, Scott Douglas, figured out that Ryan had actually run a 4:01 in Grandma’s 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. It’s 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 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."


Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/paul-ryan-marathon.html#ixzz25BgleeT1

[Bolo Boffin]

43. And before any RWNJ near you starts hyperventilating about the LSM

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]

44. My best friend's older brother has run two sub-three's

(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]

45. It's not a lie if you belive it. :)

[alterfurz]

49. for those who FaceBook...

http://www.facebook.com/TheAmazingFeatsOfPaulRyan

favorite so far:
Paul Ryan still holds the world record for reading "Atlas Shrugged." He made it to page 93.

[orpupilofnature57]

52. Scalawag or Carpetbagger ?

[Berlum]

53. Who lies about shit like this? Republicans

Ptoooey.

[nanabugg]

55. Ummm...he was implying that he was committing suicide???