Too old to cheat (alternately, Paul Ryan is no Kip Litton)
On August 31, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan said in a radio interview that he ran his best marathon "under three (hours), high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something."
As Runner's World quickly discovered and The New Yorker further contemplated, however, the only marathon Ryan has run was the 1991 Grandma's Marathon, and he ran it in 4:01:25. Through a spokesman, Ryan said he misremembered his time.