Alex Hackney Half World Record Attempt
Alex Gilbert is raising money for St Joseph's Hospice Hackney
Participants: 25 of us, see the group below ‘AFC Stoke Newington and Friends’
Story
St Joseph’s Hospice helped my friend Ian Bruce and his family when his mother had cancer. 25 of us are running on her behalf to raise money for the hospice.
I have run many 10K, Half-Marathons and Marathons before but have never raised money for charity. So to mark this special occasion I am aiming to achieve two things. Firstly I hope to be the fastest fancy dress finisher on the day at the Hackney Half. Secondly I hope to achieve an Official Guinness World Record.
The record I am attempting is 'the fastest half marathon dressed as a fast food item'. The current record is: 1 hour 25 minutes and 47 seconds. I will be making the attempt dressed as a hot dog.
11th April - A quick update for you... As you can see from the new pictures, the costume has arrived and I have taken it for a test spin. Did a 10k race in Stratford, came 16th (out of over 400), with a time of 37.45! This means the World Record is ON!
24th April - Another update... If breaking a world record in the half marathon isn't enough to get you to sponsor me, I have recently run the Brighton Marathon. I did it in normal clothes and managed a personal best time of 2 hours 56 minutes 22 seconds! This means I'll be in good shape on the 22nd May to get the fast food world record.
20th May - Good news, bad news, and good news! Good news - I got 1.23.27, smashing the previous world record! Bad news - I haven’t met the criteria to make it Guiness official, so it’s an unofficial world record. Good news - I was fastest fancy dress finisher on the day and won money, half of which will go to the St Joseph’s cause!
I have run many 10K, Half-Marathons and Marathons before but have never raised money for charity. So to mark this special occasion I am aiming to achieve two things. Firstly I hope to be the fastest fancy dress finisher on the day at the Hackney Half. Secondly I hope to achieve an Official Guinness World Record.
The record I am attempting is 'the fastest half marathon dressed as a fast food item'. The current record is: 1 hour 25 minutes and 47 seconds. I will be making the attempt dressed as a hot dog.
11th April - A quick update for you... As you can see from the new pictures, the costume has arrived and I have taken it for a test spin. Did a 10k race in Stratford, came 16th (out of over 400), with a time of 37.45! This means the World Record is ON!
24th April - Another update... If breaking a world record in the half marathon isn't enough to get you to sponsor me, I have recently run the Brighton Marathon. I did it in normal clothes and managed a personal best time of 2 hours 56 minutes 22 seconds! This means I'll be in good shape on the 22nd May to get the fast food world record.
20th May - Good news, bad news, and good news! Good news - I got 1.23.27, smashing the previous world record! Bad news - I haven’t met the criteria to make it Guiness official, so it’s an unofficial world record. Good news - I was fastest fancy dress finisher on the day and won money, half of which will go to the St Joseph’s cause!