(from the internet)
Gore allowed his weight to yo-yo during his eight years as vice president, toting along exercise gear on Air Force Two when he needed to slim down.
In 1997, he ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington with a respectable time of 4:58:25, three years after tearing his Achilles tendon playing hoops.
USAW: I also understand that you have run a marathon.
Gore: That's true. I ran the Marine Corps Marathon [in Washington, D.C.] in 1988, because two of my daughters dared me to do it. So I trained for it and ran and toward the end of it, they slowed down [to match my pace] and they finished the race with me.
