The fastest half marathon dressed as a fruit by a male is 1 hr 25 min 45 sec and was achieved by David Hiddleston (Scotland), at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 20 October 2013. David was dressed as a banana.
The fastest half marathon by a mascot is 1 hr 46 min 27 sec and was achieved by David Hiddleston (Canada) at the 2011 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 16 October 2011. David was dressed as Jefferson the Dog, the mascot of MyNextRace.com
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,
Continue reading →
The fastest marathon in a superhero costume (male) is 2 hr 33 min 58 sec, achieved by Stephane Hetherington (Canada) at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 14 October 2012. Hetherington dressed as “The Flash,” and ran to raise money for the Etobicoke Track & Field Club. He missed out on setting the record in 2011 by 12 seconds.
The fastest time to complete a marathon (26.2 miles) while skipping rather than running is 5 hr 55 min 13 sec by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Comox Valley Roads marathon, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on 31 August 2003.
The record for the fastest marathon run whilst skipping with a rope is 4 hr 28 min 48 sec and was set by Chris Baron (Canada) at the ING Ottawa Marathon, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 May 2007.
The Canadian Women’s Miler’s Club ran the 100 x 1 mile relay, which they completed in a time of 9 hr 23 min 39 sec on 27 December 1999.
Rob Gibney (Canada) covered 807.39 km (501.69 miles) at an average speed of 66.67 km/h (41.42 mph) in a Ford Crown Victoria at Race City Motorsports Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 22 August 2004.
The fastest speed on a gravity powered street luge is 157.41 kmh (97.81 mph) and was achieved by Cédric Touchette (Canada) in Les Eboulements, Quebec, Canada, on 29 September 2008. The record was broken three times on that day. First by Louis-Etienne Bouchard-Pouliot (Canada) with 148.94 kmh (92.55 mph) then by Charles-Antoine Lavoie (Canada) with 150.50 kmh (93.52 mph) and finally by Cédric.
The fastest mile on can and string stilts was 11 min 55 sec by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Louis-Riel Dome track in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on 8 January 2011. Furman made 16 trips back and forth across a 100 m straightaway, plus an additional 10-meter run at the end to total the 1,610 m necessary for one mile (1.6 km).