< With the exception of Ronald Reagan, every president since the mid-'70s has been a runner. George W. ran a 3:44 marathon at Houston a decade ago. Kerry says he completed a Boston in the '70s but forgets his time (Question: Did he forget his qualifying time, too, or didn't he have to qualify?).
Even 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore finished a marathon once.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/131-09302004-374518.html
IMUS: Yes. I have a picture here of you—a pretty attractive photograph of you on the cover of “Runner’s World.”
EDWARDS: Yes. And somebody told me you said I hadn’t run a real marathon.
IMUS: Well, you haven’t run New York or Boston, have you?
EDWARDS: No. Are those the only marathons in the country?
IMUS: Well, no, but the marathons you run are treadmill marathons.
(LAUGHTER)
I mean, Oprah Winfrey ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington.
(LAUGHTER)
EDWARDS: Listen, if it’s 26 miles, it counts.
IMUS: Senator Kerry says he ran the Boston Marathon in the ‘70s, but he can’t recall his time and there’s no record of it. And my question is, a guy runs one marathon in his life and he can’t remember the time, and I was talking to my sportswriter friend Mike Lupica and he said, “Are we looking at a Boston Marathon Veterans for Truth ad situation here?”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6131397