It’s possibly no consolation to Liverpool fans after 29.1 millimetres banjaxed their Sunday, but there’s always someone worse off. Like that man dressed as Big Ben who couldn’t fit under the frame at the finish line of the London Marathon because his costume was too tall. Richard Mietz’s record is, then, safe, the fella having run the 2018 Berlin Marathon in 3:34:34 while dressed as Lubeck’s Holstentor city gate. So if you’re considering an attempt on the record while dressed as, say, Áras an Uachtarain, that’s your target time. This dude dressed as Big Ben ran the London Marathon in under four hours today.

Source: The Irish Times April 28, 2019 20:26 UTC