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Title: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Aske on July 01, 2009, 08:03:04 AM http://www.theage.com.au/world/palins-run-at-obama-20090701-d55w.html
[sm_shock] Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Fuzzy on July 01, 2009, 08:10:47 AM Riiight.....sub-four?......oh wait.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2074834/posts Quote Sarah Palin not only finished Anchorage's 2005 Humpy’s Marathon , but with a blazing time of 3:59:36, fourth in her age group, and only 9 1/2 minutes off the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon . That's actually pretty damn good. But if BO gave up the cigs I think he could take her today. Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: gleek on July 01, 2009, 08:37:12 AM Obama's got the Kenyan thing going for him, but the cigs probably are enough to wipe out that advantage.
Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Fuzzy on July 01, 2009, 08:44:52 AM Full interview from the August edition:
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-410--13221-0,00.html Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: twoiron on July 01, 2009, 03:02:55 PM http://www.theage.com.au/world/palins-run-at-obama-20090701-d55w.html [sm_shock] Interesting that you'vepicked this article out of an Australian newspaper. Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: MFAWG on July 01, 2009, 05:38:10 PM Not that I think the folks over at Freep might be drinking the Palin Koolaid, but the real story is that 3:59 was her time for the HALF marathon, which is still a pretty good clip for 45 year old woman.
Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Aske on July 01, 2009, 06:34:04 PM Not that I think the folks over at Freep might be drinking the Palin Koolaid, but the real story is that 3:59 was her time for the HALF marathon, which is still a pretty good clip for 45 year old woman. Seriously? Uh, I can walk 13 miles in 4 hours, easily. Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Fuzzy on July 01, 2009, 06:57:39 PM Not that I think the folks over at Freep might be drinking the Palin Koolaid, but the real story is that 3:59 was her time for the HALF marathon, which is still a pretty good clip for 45 year old woman. It was the first article that came up in my Google search. Go to the Runners World article I linked (it's the source article for her claim on beating Obama) and it's referenced as a marathon. And Aske's right. 3:59 is basically walking for a 1/2. edit: here is where you can search for results and she did indeed run a 3:59 marathon: http://www.marathonguide.com/results/browse.cfm?MIDD=1369050821 Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: MFAWG on July 01, 2009, 10:25:49 PM Not that I think the folks over at Freep might be drinking the Palin Koolaid, but the real story is that 3:59 was her time for the HALF marathon, which is still a pretty good clip for 45 year old woman. Seriously? Uh, I can walk 13 miles in 4 hours, easily. Then do it. Seriously. Then get back to me on how 'Easy' it was. I don't think it's as easy as you think it is, and I've walked farther than that in less time under ALOT more stressful conditions. Fuzz: Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Aske on July 01, 2009, 10:27:21 PM Not that I think the folks over at Freep might be drinking the Palin Koolaid, but the real story is that 3:59 was her time for the HALF marathon, which is still a pretty good clip for 45 year old woman. Seriously? Uh, I can walk 13 miles in 4 hours, easily. Then do it. Seriously. Then get back to me on how 'Easy' it was. I don't think it's as easy as you think it is, and I've walked farther than that in less time under ALOT more stressful conditions. Fuzz: I've run a 10k and was on my HS XC team. Although I was elite in neither, I fully understand/appreciate what a 13 miler is. And I could easily walk it. Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: MFAWG on July 01, 2009, 10:31:32 PM Are you a 45 year old?
I'd guess she can do the half EASILY, and I was TOTALLY NOT KIDDING when I suggested that if somebody gave her a fresh kill, she'd know EXACTLY how to make clothing out of it. She's really, really easy to bash, but come on now. Title: Re: [Politics/Religion] Palin claims she can run against Obama and win Post by: Fuzzy on July 02, 2009, 05:12:36 AM I should know better when to get out of a thread but this is one topic that I do feel I have more than a bit of expertise in. A 1/2 marathon in 4 hours for someone in reasonable fitness is really not that difficult to accomplish.
My wife who was never a runner got talked into running a 1/2 two years ago. She trained about 12 weeks and ran a 2:22. She was 45. A quick search of the last 1/2 I ran last August showed that of the 119 women 40-49, only two finished over 3 hours. The numbers from the 1/2 in Fargo in May when I ran my marathon are even more impressive. 218 of 220 women aged 45-49 finished in 3:55 or less with 180 of them under 3:00. |