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Holding an arcane running world record gives the writer a rare insight into the event

Over the past year, I have run all of these world marathon majors: London, Berlin, Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Boston. In fact, I am a world record holder – albeit of the obscure record of running this full set of six (known as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) with a faster combined time than anyone else has run as a single series (an average of two hours, 41 minutes per marathon).

But, like the other people who will run wacky world records in the London race today, including those in costume, the primary goal was not to set the record but to use the run as a means to raise money and awareness. (In my case, for an Oxford-based refugee charity, Asylum Welcome.)

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Hi4ksV