[stormer]

Good points all, however, given the effort required and the fact that he's only run one marathon, that time is probably seared into his brain. It simply isn't the kind of thing one forgets to the degree that they inflate their accomplishment in the manner he did. We aren't talking about fudging a golf score so you can break 90; this is more fundamental - the ease with which he totally manufactured a “fact” that from my perspective was done only to make himself appear more substantial. People who lie about one thing will lie about another - I find this troubling...

[Lancey Howard]

I find it troubling, too.

But the "fact" was vague - - had he presented an exact time, then I would be more than just "troubled". My hope is that his time was 3:50-something, and he turned that into 2:50-something by mistake. Again, marathon times are pretty meaningless to 99.999% of the population.

Still... I ran for years (typically 3 - 4 miles, 4x/ week) prior to going into the Marines (1979) and I think if I ran a marathon I would indeed remember the exact time, mainly BECAUSE it was the only marathon I actually ever ran in and completed. ...Even if it was 30+ years ago.

Additionally, this can't be the first time Ryan has discussed his completing a marathon. It's not like this is the first time this (interesting) accomplishment has come up for Ryan during the past 22 years. The fact that he even completed a marathon is quite an accomplishment in itself. So why fudge a time when so few people would even care what his time was or, even if they knew it, would have a clue if it was a good, bad, or average time? I can't make sense of this.

Troubling... yep, but I'm not ready to throw Ryan under the bus just yet. Not, at least, unless a Democrat-style pattern of lying emerges.