Who was the fastest U.S. President at 5K?

Here is the story of GWB and his race. While it states they had a professional timing company, there was no mention of a course certification. The story said it was 3 miles.

http://www.runwashington.com/archive0209/news/jun02PresBushrun.html

What we now have are two close competitors who were very similar in age. GWB and Carter were both around 55.

GWB stated he could run at 7 minute pace.

Carter stated he could do a mile in 6 minutes if

he really pushed itand had been running the hilly 10k in

50 minutes.

GWB ran 6:49 pace on a flat 3 mile course

Carter ran around 24 minutes for 3 mile on a very hilly course running more uphill than down. (2 out of 3 miles)

No competitors times were given for the GWB course

Herb Lindsey won the Carter race in 30:00 (he ran under 23:30 for a five mile later that year)

Giving 30 seconds/mile for the Carter hills and a possible .1 for the distance of the GWB 3 mile, the nod goes to..............

GWB by 30 seconds per mile if they both ran a 5k.

1. Jimmy Carter - 52, thin and active, former XC runner at the Naval Academy

2. James Madison - 57, most diminutive U.S. President in history (built like Haile Gebrselassie)

3. Barack Obama - 47, thin, jogged recreationally, half-Kenyan, somewhat of a smoker

4. George W. Bush - 54, thin, recreational runner - “less than 20 miles per week”

5. Calvin Coolidge - 51, thin, farming background

6. Abraham Lincoln - 52, thin, farming background, some latter day health problems but give him a speed-suit and he’d crush an 800

7. Franklin Pierce - 48, thin, heavy drinker who died from cirrhosis of the liver, nearly beats Lincoln out of spite

8. John F. Kennedy - 43 (second youngest President), thin, could probably fake it for 5k if he got some injections for back pain and other TUEs

9. James K. Polk - 49, thin, farming background, successfully met his major goals as President

10. John Tyler - 51, thin, “prone to diarrhea throughout life”

11. Andrew Jackson - 61, blue collar and tough as nails, perhaps the thinnest President ever, catalysts for genocide often make the best runners

12. Ulysses S. Grant - 46, middleweight throughout most his life, winning the Civil War engenders mental toughness

13. Theodore Roosevelt - 42 (youngest President ever), somewhat stout but in that hardy & functional way, big time outdoorsman

14. Woodrow Wilson - 56, thin, involved in football and baseball in his college days

15. James Garfield - 49, middleweight, blue collar background, military success

16. George Washington - 57, thin, military hero, could throw small objects across broad rivers

17. Thomas Jefferson - 57, thin, found success in many areas

18. James Monroe - 58, thin, military background, weird face

19. Bill Clinton - 46 (3rd youngest President), a bit hefty, recreational runner, cheeseburger connoisseur

20. Lyndon B. Johnson - 55, thin, had a nickname for his penis, looked like a giant penis

21. John Quincy Adams - 57, diminutive, squirrelly looking (squirrels are fast)

22. Andrew Johnson - 56, middleweight, blue collar and military background

23. George H.W. Bush - 64, thin, recreational runner, exquisite legs

24. Richard Nixon - 56, middleweight, football player in college, would probably cheat

25. Dwight D. Eisenhower - 62, thin, lengthy military career, college football player who once tackled Jim Thorpe

26. Gerald Ford - 61, fairly thin, WWII hero, college football star

27. Martin Van Buren - 54, looks to be 100 in most portraits but fairly thin at time of election, founder of the “Van Buren Boys” street gang

28. Warren Harding - 55, middleweight, died of a heart attack while in office

29. Herbert Hoover - 54, portly, pioneered a yard game he called “Hooverball” to stay in fair health

30. Rutherford B. Hayes - 54, middleweight, Civil War hero

31. Harry S. Truman - 60, nondescript build, blue collar farming background, lengthy military career, looks like a frickin’ nerd to me

32. Millard Fillmore - 50, fat was largely confined to his face, funny name, looked most like Alec Baldwin of any President

33. William McKinley - 54, a little heavy, couldn’t even outrun that bullet

34. John Adams - 61, still the second most toad-like President in history, a spirited competitor

35. Zachary Taylor - 64, middleweight, gruesome face, died from diarrhea 15 months into first term

36. Benjamin Harrison - 55, thicc (2 Cs), served in the Civil War, exceptionally forgettable

37. Ronald Reagan - 69 (3rd oldest President when first elected, 2nd oldest to hold office), thin

38. Joe Biden - 78 (oldest President ever), thin and evidently in fine health

39. William Henry Harrison - 68, thin, became fatally ill as soon as he took office but on day one who knows, maybe he had a decent 5k in him

40. James Buchanan - 65, slightly rotund, what a loser

41. Chester Arthur - 51, one of the great fat Presidents and sported magnificent facial hair, virtually forgotten, dead at 57

42. Grover Cleveland - 47, overtook John Adams as our most toad-like President, the very embodiment of the name Grover

43. Donald Trump - 70 (2nd oldest to become President, 3rd oldest to hold office), perfect physical specimen, doctors say he could live to 200

44. William H. Taft - 51, well remembered only for his corpulence, 340 pounds makes him easily the heaviest President, required a special bathtub installed to fit his proportions

45. Franklin D. Roosevelt - 51, middleweight, could not walk of his own volition (sadly for him this is a foot race)

I posted this once already and it was deleted, but that’s okay, it gave me the opportunity to make a couple of last minute adjustments.

I honestly can’t understand why it would be deleted considering what is allowed to remain on the boards, especially since I agave this site a hundred bucks basically just to be nice.

Anyway, if every U.S. President showed up to race a 5k in their peak 5k shape during their time in office, who would win? Who would finish last? This is what I have so far:

(Note: the age listed after each Prez is their age upon first assuming office.)