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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney raced the Haliburton Forest Trail Race on Saturday.
He finished in 58th place out of 120 runners and third among runners aged 60-plus in the time of 3:45:39 in the 26K race.
The overall winner was Nick Buffo, age 44, who clocked in a 2:32:50.
The 32nd annual event offered race distances of 12K, 26K, 50K, 50 mile, and the flagship Haliburton Forest 100 Miler.
The race takes place in the privately owned Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd., on Saturday, September 6, and for the 100 milers, may have gone into Sunday.
He also ran the London Marathon in a time of 3:31:22 at age 50. Not elite, but certainly good considering his line of work.
The former Bank of England’s governor, bettered Antony Jenkins, the 53-year-old Barclays chief executive, by an hour and a half. Carney could have run another 15 kilometres before Jenkins finished.
Carney’s performance was faster than the men’s average of 4:04:30, and far faster than the average for his age group (50-54), which was 4:02:31. According to the USATF age grade calculator, it converts the performance to a 3:07:00 in the open category. Meanwhile, other calculators point to a 3:02:00 to 3:04:00 marathon.
