Set a Guinness World Record by running the 42km London Marathon in ski boots

Run the 42,195 kilometers of a marathon It involves a great investment of work, effort, patience, perseverance, and determination. Too to run with proper footwear, although this does not seem to matter to Paul Bennett, who on October 3 set a new Guinness record after completing the London Marathon in heavy ski boots.

The British runner finished the test in 5 hours, 30 minutes and 20 seconds, on the asphalt and with the boots on. Bennett managed to break the Guinness record by unseating the last winner of such a peculiar athletic feat, Paul Hammett, whose time was 5 hours, 30 minutes and 27 seconds.

Bennett managed to break the record, but by only 7 seconds less than his predecessor. Therefore, run the 42 kilometers with hard and inflexible footwear Like ski boots, it has been rewarded for the Briton who, together with his mother, ran the test for a good cause. They both raised funds for Stanford Hall, a medical rehabilitation center for the military and injured women.

Every year the London Marathon brings together thousands of runners who try to achieve new records in the Guinness record in the most striking way possible but always with the aim that the spectators of the race donate money to charitable causes for which they fight to raise funds.

This year, following the cancellation of last year’s marathon in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 54 record attempts, of which only 34 have been achieved. There are participants who have completed the 42 kilometers in pajamas, in astronaut dresses, with water boots or, as in the case of Bennett, with ski boots, without a doubt, a much more effort sacrificed that, this time, it was worth it.