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Kyrsten Sinema BQs Two Weeks After Becoming Fastest Female Senator
Runner's WorldFor Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, “running” doesn’t just mean running for office. Last weekend, Sinema, 42, finished the Mountains 2 Beach Marathon in Ventura, California, in 3:28:17, which qualified her for the 2020 Boston Marathon.
The politician’s passion for fitness made headlines for the first time in 2013, when she became the first sitting member of Congress to complete an Ironman triathlon, according to Triathlete.com. Since then, Sinema, who splits her time between Phoenix, Arizona, and Washington, D.C., has finished many more triathlons—including the New Zealand Ironman earlier this spring, where she set a PR of 12:59:58—as well as road races ranging from half to full marathons.
At this latest race in Southern California, she shaved more than 31 minutes off her previous marathon PR and placed in the top 20 of her age division.
Just two weeks before she BQ’d, Sinema finished first for women at the ACLI Capital Challenge—a three-mile race for members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, plus media staff—along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Sinema’s time, 20:45, not only made her the fastest female lawmaker, but also set the course record for women (the previous record, 22:41, was held by former Republican Representative Jean Schmidt of Ohio).
The politician’s passion for fitness made headlines for the first time in 2013, when she became the first sitting member of Congress to complete an Ironman triathlon, according to Triathlete.com. Since then, Sinema, who splits her time between Phoenix, Arizona, and Washington, D.C., has finished many more triathlons—including the New Zealand Ironman earlier this spring, where she set a PR of 12:59:58—as well as road races ranging from half to full marathons.
At this latest race in Southern California, she shaved more than 31 minutes off her previous marathon PR and placed in the top 20 of her age division.
Just two weeks before she BQ’d, Sinema finished first for women at the ACLI Capital Challenge—a three-mile race for members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, plus media staff—along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Sinema’s time, 20:45, not only made her the fastest female lawmaker, but also set the course record for women (the previous record, 22:41, was held by former Republican Representative Jean Schmidt of Ohio).
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brooklynite I need you to set me up on a date with the good Senator, post-haste... 
