The London marathon is famous for being not only the world’s greatest marathon, but also for the thousands of runners who every year decide that running 26.2 miles in ordinary running kit is just all too easy and not a big enough challenge. So many of them don rhino suits, dress up as large bananas, carry buckets to collect sponsorship on the way, or dress up in a deep sea diving suit and take a week to complete the course as someone did a couple of years ago! One of these weird and wonderful approaches to running the marathon even has its own world record. Meet Xu Zhenjun of China – a marathon runner who likes run marathons, backwards. Yes, that’s backwards. And even more amazing is that Xu’s world record holder for running the marathon backwards is an astonishing 3.43!!
http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/backwards-running.html
Not recommended for your long runs.
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