Last year whilst running the London Marathon I was overtaken right at the last minute by a man dressed as an astronaut . As he crossed the finishing line he was congratulated and handed a Guiness world record certificate for his troubles whilst I was left panting and alone.

This year I have decided to make running the marathon more interesting by attempting to break a record myself.

I am attempting to break the record for fastest marathon dressed as a videogame character or computer game character for everyone outside of America. That's the majority of us. The record currently stands at 3 hours,  29 minutes and is held by some pesky Italian plumbers going by the name of Mario and Luigi.

I am also going to raise money for Bipolar UK as my Mum suffers from the illness and they do fantastic work with mentoring and support groups as well as youth projects.

If you would like to sponsor me that would be great. I can promise no gold rings but I will try and run as fast as Sonic the hedgehog.

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