Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney finished the London Marathon in an amazing time over the weekend, finishing after 3 hours, 31 minutes and 35 seconds. Carney was the 5,535th man to finish (of 23,208) putting him securely in the top 25% of times. He came 533rd of the 2,069 men in the 50-54 age category, and ran for Cancer Research UK. In total, he raised more than £100,000 for the charity. Pretty impressive for a guy who’s just turned 50, who it’s fair to say has a pretty busy day job. You wouldn’t think that with the ultimate responsibilities for monetary policy and financial stability in the UK, he could ... (full story)