>> the video is a promotion for a live from charlotte, an interview-style web special hosted on thursday at 8:00. penn served in the obama white house as the associate director of public engagement before he returned to acting. paul ryan known as a numbers guy, just not when it comes to his own marathon time. the vice presidential contender and exercise enthusiast told a radio station last month he finished the grueling 26.2 race in under three hours. about 20 years ago. that is fast. but after some fact-checking it turns out it was more like four hours and one minute. ryan hoerks ran the race when he was 20, about 20 years ago, had some tough competition from other vice presidential nominees. according to runners world, both john edwards and sarah palin clocked faster times than the one posted by paul ryan. whoops. edwards ran the marathon in