Peres Jepchirchir runs the fastest women-only marathon ever: the records of the TCS London Marathon 2024

For the seventeenth consecutive yr, Guinness World Information and the TCS London Marathon joined forces to have fun a day of sports activities and report breaking throughout one of the crucial outstanding marathon occasions on the earth. 

Every kind of runners, from elite athletes to sports activities fanatics, took on the 74th version of the marathon, which covers 26.2 mi (42.1 km) of the English capital. 

Out of a complete of 74 makes an attempt, 44 Guinness World Information titles have been damaged on the 2024 occasion.

The day began with a fancy dress check-up on the Inexperienced Begin, the place the aspiring report holders might test their pointers another time and meet the on-site GWR group for registration. 

On the finish of the race, official Guinness World Information Adjudicator Mark McKinley was able to congratulate the brand new report holders, crowning their makes an attempt with a coveted Guinness World Information certificates. 

Relating to the day, Mark mentioned: “I have been fortunate sufficient to adjudicate a number of TCS London Marathon report makes an attempt through the years and I’m all the time impressed by the braveness it takes to coach and run a marathon, not to mention for a report title.” 

“All of our 74 Guinness World Information makes an attempt immediately have been a show of true dedication and we’re so completely happy to have the ability to award those who have been profitable not solely the report title, however a spot within the subsequent version of our ebook to share their achievement with the world. – Mark

Information in fancy attire have been shattered from the early afternoon, with runners flaunting fastidiously crafted (and considerably heavy) costumes whereas pushing their boundaries to boost consciousness for charitable causes near their hearts. 

From a traditionally correct duplicate of Napoleon’s favorite uniform to marathons carrying bikes, in addition to a large 10-person bus costume, the day was jam-packed with optimistic vitality, superb outcomes and brand-new report titles.

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Kicking off the day, elite marathon runner Peres Jepchirchir set a brand new report by operating the quickest marathon (feminine, women-only race) ever with an unimaginable time of 02:16:16.

Following up, paralympic athlete Richard Whitehead broke the report for the quickest marathon (LA3) (male) with a time of 02:42:01.

Simone Carniglia additionally racked up a incredible time of 02:44:33 and set a world report for the quickest marathon by a kind 1 diabetic (male).

The primary report in a flowery costume on the day was Stephen Cochrane, who got here in at an unimaginable time of 02:48:51 and beat the report for quickest marathon dressed as a scientist (male). 

Stephen, who was operating to boost consciousness on the Royal Society of Chemistry, mentioned that being a part of the Guinness World Information household is “one thing that he’ll be immensely pleased with”. 

The second runner to smash a world report was Simon Killen, who ran the fascheck marathon dressed as a videogame character (male) whereas racking up the unimaginable time of 02:52:57.

Take a look in any respect the information damaged on the day:

• Peres Jepchirchir: Quickest marathon (feminine, women-only race) – 02:16:16
• Richard Whitehead: Quickest marathon (LA3) (male) – 02:42:01
• Simone Carniglia: Quickest marathon by a kind 1 diabetic (male) – 02:44:33
• Stephen Cochrane: Quickest marathon dressed as a scientist (male) – 02:48:51

• Simon Killen: Quickest marathon dressed as a videogame character (male) – 02:52:57
• Sam Hull: Quickest marathon dressed as a tennis participant (male) – 02:59:38
• Warren Parish: Quickest marathon dressed as a cheerleader (male) – 03:03:51
• Holly Brownlee: Quickest marathon wearing pyjamas (feminine) – 03:06:18
• Jonathan Astle: Quickest marathon with a number of sclerosis (male) – 03:07:34
• Marcus Mumford: Quickest marathon dressed as a faucet/faucet (male) – 03:10:50
• James Whistler: Quickest marathon dressed as a harlequin (male) – 03:12:00
• Alison Stewart: Quickest marathon dressed as a videogame character (feminine) – 03:19:10
• James Applegarth: Quickest marathon in pilot uniform (male) – 03:20:25
• Ian Howard: Quickest marathon dressed as a rotating puzzle dice (male) – 03:20:31
• Lee Baynton: Quickest marathon in a full-body inflatable costume (male) – 03:21:07

• Matt Everett: Quickest marathon dressed as a site visitors cone (male) – 03:22:16
• Douglas O’Neill: Quickest marathon dressed as a candy meals (male) – 03:28:16
• Gilles Dufosse: Quickest marathon dressed as a monarch (male) – 03:32:16
• Kate Baldock: Quickest marathon dressed as a Star Wars character (feminine) – 03:33:12
• Toby Norman: Quickest marathon dressed as a 3 dimensional plane (male) – 03:34:27
• Ollie Shortt: Quickest marathon dressed as a physique half (male) – 03:43:00
• Laura Baker: Quickest marathon dressed as a candy meals (feminine) – 03:45:57
• Tom Corridor: Quickest marathon dressed as an emoji (male) – 03:50:17
• Claire Casselton: Quickest marathon dressed as a skeleton (feminine) – 03:51:01
• Ben Kellett: Quickest marathon carrying a bicycle – 03:54:52

• Kimberly Siano: Quickest marathon wearing a safari swimsuit (feminine) – 03:54:58
• Uilszaya Bodikhuu: Quickest marathon wearing conventional Mongolian costume (feminine) – 03:59:56
• Jennifer Stack: Quickest marathon dressed as a flag (feminine) – 04:01:02
• Charlie Fitton: Quickest marathon dressed as a snowperson (feminine) – 04:05:52
• Karen Stebel: Quickest marathon dressed as a cell phone (feminine) – 04:08:42
• Joanne Bridle: Quickest marathon dressed as a clown (feminine) – 04:16:36
• Jani Barré: Quickest marathon in a non-racing wheelchair (feminine) – 04:19:21

• Adrian Bebb: Quickest marathon dressed as a highway car (male) – 04:21:41
• Andrew Roberts: Quickest marathon sporting chainmail (higher physique) – 04:22:24
• Alexandra Fresco-Sumner: Quickest marathon dressed as a mechanic (feminine) – 04:28:58
• Caroline Duncan: Quickest marathon wearing a flight swimsuit (feminine) – 04:36:16
• Emma Whatley: Quickest marathon dressed as a highway car (feminine) – 04:38:30
• Andy Fountain: Quickest marathon dressed as a rocking horse (male) – 05:04:02
• Phillip Beer: Quickest marathon dressed as a ebook (male) – 05:08:04
• Georgina Field: Quickest marathon in a full-body inflatable costume (feminine) – 05:10:31
• Anthony Bryan: Quickest marathon (CIH) (male) – 05:49:04
• Brendan Matthews: Most T-shirts worn throughout a marathon (male) – 100 T-shirts  
• Jackie Scully, Frances Walker, Petr Maslov, Aileen Rice-Jones, Daniel Smith, Alex Weight, James Learn, Kate Rham, Cameron Sharpe, Michael Edwards: Quickest marathon in a ten-person costume – 06:32:05 
• Lloyd Martin: Youngest individual to finish a marathon (II2) (male) – 06:46:10

Congratulations to all of the runners who’ve participated within the TCS London Marathon 2024. 

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