Political Races!

Happy Labor Day!  This year, lets celebrate hard work of our US marathon-running politicians!

Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan recently claimed a marathon time of around 2:50, but it turned out he misremembered as his time was actually 4:01.  This news made me curious about which other politicians have completed marathons.  Who am I faster than and who do I need to work my tail off to become faster than?  My best marathon time is 4:36:18 at the New Jersey Marathon.

Off to Wikipedia for a list of US politicians who have officially gone 26.2 (I've ordered them by speed):

John Edwards, Former United States Senator, 1983 Marine Corps Marathon (3:30:18)
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts, 1951 Boston Marathon (3:31:00)
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, 1993 Houston Marathon (3:44:52)
Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, 2005 Humpy's Marathon (3:59:36)
Paul Ryan, 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, 1990 Grandma's Marathon (4:01:25)
Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, 2005 Marine Corps Marathon (4:37:29)
Bill Frist, Former United States Senate Majority Leader, 1997 Marine Corps Marathon (4:54:36)
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States at the time, 1997 Marine Corps Marathon (4:58:25)
Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, 2005 Little Rock Marathon (5:28:39)

It looks like I'm faster than Huckabee and slower than Ryan.  Where does your best marathon time fit into this list?  Who would you love to be faster than?  It looks like I'll be chasing down Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin next as I work to get faster!