Reply #8: If she is an avid marathoner, her time is probably pretty good. [View All]

A novice with pre-training can do about 4hrs the first time out. I'm not sure about her own running record. I am not touting a republican... but to run a marathon is an accomplishment of the mind and body. It takes tremendous strength to push yourself 26 and some miles. I am training now. It is going to take a year to get my body physically able to go the 26 mi (i'm a bit out of shape since i ran last). I will first train for some 10k's. Then it takes approx. 20 hard weeks to train for that one event. The avg. marathoner usually only runs 2 per yr because it is so physically taxing. I'm not so sure that I would want someone in govt who is such an avid marathoner for the pure fact that it takes so much of your time to actually train for the marathon. Anyway, forgetting about seconds or minutes here, it is an accomplishment.