A gaggle of runners had been noticed jogging round London sporting a dressing up resembling Scooby Doo’s “Thriller Machine” van whereas coaching to interrupt a Guinness World File on the London Marathon.
Sasha Evans captured this video of her husband, Alex, and his three associates operating within the rig in early April.
“They’re making an attempt to beat the Guinness World File on the London Marathon for the quickest marathon in a 4 individual costume in assist of Younger Lives vs Most cancers (YLVC),” Evans advised Storyful.
In keeping with their fundraising page, individuals Alex, Jasper, Jim and LJ aimed to beat the present file of 4 hours and three minutes.
Within the publish, they defined all of them have marathon expertise, however wrote they “drastically underestimated what it would take to beat that point.”
“However what this does is give us an unimaginable alternative to provide it our greatest while elevating (we hope) a substantial sum for charity that could be very near our hearts, and one we all know will have an effect on individuals that can not be measured in kilos or kms,” the fundraising publish stated.
“Our entrance man and pace-setter, Alex, was recognized with lung most cancers aged 20 and a 12 months later testicular most cancers, and understands full properly the superb assist that YLVC provides to younger individuals in want,” the group wrote.
The present file was set in 2018 by a bunch of 4 dressed as a caterpillar, based on the Guinness World Data website. Credit score: @knox1992 / @sashaerin through Storyful
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