Fourth time’s a appeal! That was the U.Ok.’s Tommy Timber‘ mindset as he made his fourth try and put his identify within the Guinness Guide of World Information–and eventually, he got here out profitable. At Sunday’s London Marathon, Timber put his Crocs into sport mode and clocked 2:48:48, surpassing the earlier document for the quickest marathon sporting foam clogs.
Timber’ efficiency is certainly one of 41 new world data set at this 12 months’s race.
Over the previous 12 months, the document for quickest marathon in Crocs had been damaged 4 instances. The newest document, 2:49:21, was set in January by Adelaide, Australia’s Dan Camac.
The London race marked Timber’ twelfth marathon–and adopted three failed makes an attempt to interrupt the document for quickest marathon dressed as Santa Claus, which stands at 2:33:23. Timber ran his marathon private greatest of two:29:41 at December’s Valencia Marathon.
In November, he shifted his focus from dressing as Santa to chasing data in Crocs after seeing one other runner tackle the problem on social media. Timber set out concentrating on a time of two:45–sporting vibrant pink foam clogs he had solely ever run in as soon as earlier than.
“I knew I needed to financial institution time on that first half because the cramping and foot ache was inevitable within the later stage of the race,” Timber wrote on Instagram. “From 28 km onwards, my quads had been simply utterly locked up–I needed to transition to a stroll/run technique. I’ve finished greater than 12 marathons and I’ve by no means walked earlier than, so it was a humbling expertise!”