The fastest marathon by a mascot (male) is 3 hr 51 min 50 sec and was achieved by Francis Gilroy (UK) running as Harvey the Hospice Heart of the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon in London, UK, on 13 April 2014. Francis has worked as the mascot for the Glasgow based Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice since April 2011. His record was one of 30 successfully broken and verified onsite by Guinness World Records at the
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The fastest marathon by a mascot (female) was 4 hr 44 min 19 sec by Wendy Shaw (UK) running as Alfie of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association at the 2011 Virgin London Marathon in London, UK, on 17 April 2011. Alfie is a mascot dog, under which Shaw also raced in the Brighton Marathon earlier in 2011.
The fastest marathon by a linked team is 2 hr 55 min 24 sec and was achieved by Team MitoCanada (Canada) at the Calgary Marathon in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 26 May 2013. Despite the record guidelines only requiring a minimum of five people linked together to make up a team, Team MitoCanada was made up of 10 runners connected using elastic surgical tubing threaded through a carabineer attached to each of their belts. The 10 runners who made up Team MitoCanada were: Aaron Swanson,
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The fastest marathon carrying a 20-lb pack is 3 hr 16 min 08 sec and was achieved by Gearóid Ó Briain (Ireland) at the 2013 Great Limerick Run Marathon in Limerick, Ireland, on 5 May 2013. Gearóid, a pilot in the Irish Air Corps, ran the race in memory of colleagues, Cadet David Jevens and Chief Flying Captain Derek Furniss, who tragically lost their lives during a training flight in Connemara in October 2009.
The fastest marathon by a relay team is 2 hr 10 min 50 sec and was achieved by the Team Jack & Adam’s Bicycles / Zapata Roadrunners (USA) formed by Rueben Ondari, Stephen Ariga, Kibet Cherop, Scott Kimbell and Derek Yorek (Kenya/USA), in the Silicon Laboratories Austin Marathon Relay, at Auditorium Shores, in Austin, Texas, USA, on 27 September 2009. The Team Jack and Adams / Zapata Roadrunners was made up of Kibet Cherop, Rueben Ondari, Stephen Ariga, Scott Kimbell and Derek Yorek. This was
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The fastest marathon dressed a book character (male) was 2 hr 42 min 17 sec by David Stone (UK) dressed as Dracula at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in London, UK, on 22 April 2012.
The fastest marathon dressed as a baby (male) is 2 hr 51 min 18 sec and was achieved by Ali King (UK) at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon in London, UK, on 13 April 2014. Ali’s record was one of 30 successfully broken and verified onsite by Guinness World Records at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon.
The fastest marathon carrying a 80 lb pack is 6 hr 58 min 30 sec and was achieved by Jonathan Ryan (UK) at the 2009 Edinburgh Marathon, Edinburgh, UK, on 31 May 2009. Jonathan is a soldier in the British Army.
The fastest marathon dressed as a bottle (male) is 3 hr 31 min 57 sec and was achieved by Paul Simons (UK) at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon in London, UK, on 13 April 2014. Paul’s record was one of 30 successfully broken and verified onsite by Guinness World Records at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon. This is Paul’s second Guinness World Records title, having broken the record for ‘Fastest marathon dressed as Santa Claus’ at the London Marathon in 2009. This year
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The fastest marathon dressed as a bottle (female) is 4 hr 36 min 19 sec and was achieved by Sarah Hayes (UK) at the MBNA Chester Marathon, Chester, Cheshire, UK, on 09 October 2011.