Politicians who have run marathons. No mention of Ryan
Though a Wikipedia listing is not really fair.
Willem Alexander, Crown Prince of The Netherlands, 1992 New York Marathon (4:27:00)
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, 1993 Houston Marathon (3:44:52)
Alastair Campbell, Communications Director to Tony Blair, 2003 London Marathon (3:53:45)
Dominique de Villepin (French Prime Minister 2005-2007), 1980 Marathon de l'Essonne (2:57:06)
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts, 1951 Boston Marathon (3:31:00)
L. Paul Bremer, Former head of the Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority, Boston Marathon (3:00:34)
Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia, 1986 Malokarpatsky Marathon (2:54:57)
John Edwards, Former United States Senator, 1983 Marine Corps Marathon (3:30:18)
Joschka Fischer, Former German Foreign Minister, 1998 Hamburg Marathon (3:41:36)
Bill Frist, Former United States Senate Majority Leader, 1997 Marine Corps Marathon (4:54:36)
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States at the time, 1997 Marine Corps Marathon (4:58:25)
Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, 2005 Marine Corps Marathon (4:37:29)
Jörg Haider, Austrian politician and leader of Freedom Party, Vienna City Marathon 1997 (3:33:19),[11]
Reinhold Lopatka, former Secretary of State of the Austrian Ministry of Finance, 1995 Graz Marathon (2:58:08)[12]
Eduardo Maruri, Ecuadorian Assembly Member and leader of A New Option, 2005 Guayaquil Marathon (3:59:03)
Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, 2005 Humpy's Marathon (3:59:36)
Matthew Parris, former UK Conservative Politician, London Marathon (2:32:57)
Alexander Stubb, Minister, Finland, 2008 Amsterdam Marathon (3:31:44)
Arne Treholt, former Norwegian Labor Party politician and convicted spy, New York Marathon (2:54:05)
Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, 2005 Little Rock Marathon (5:28:39)