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Dear
Mr Donald Kern,
Thank you for your application to attempt the record for ‘MARATHON ON EACH CONTINENT - MEN'.
Your proposal is very similar to an existing record that we already monitor. The category that Guinness World Records currently recognises is: Fastest time to complete a marathon on each continent (male).
The current record (current as at the date of this letter) is:
The shortest overall time to complete a marathon on each of the seven continents is 29 days 16 hours 17 minutes by Richard Takata (Canada) from 4 February - 6 March 2007.
There are those who have run a marathon distance on all seven continents in fewer days, notably my good friend Richard Donovan, who did it in less than six! The record I'm going for is to run in organized marathons on each of the continents. Incidentally, Richard Donovan is the organizer of the Antarctic Ice Marathon, which will be my seventh marathon of this attempt.
Here's a sample of what Guinness needs:
1. All marathons must be officially organised and well publicised, in other words
must not be organised specifically for the purpose of this attempt.
2. Guinness World Records should be informed of the planned marathons prior to
the attempt.
3. The official race results from each marathon and one independent witness
statement from each race, stating that the participant completed each race,
must be provided. A hyperlink to the official marathon website’s race results will
be accepted as evidence of the official race results. If the official website does
not publish the race results then a letter from the race organisers stating the
participant’s official time is required.
4. The dates, times and location of each marathon must be included in the
documentation submitted for verification.
5. The time begins from the start of the first marathon and the clock does not stop
until the completion of the final one.
6. For the purposes of this record, the continents on which a marathon must be
completed are: North America (the border is at the Panama Canal); South
America; Europe (includes mainland Britain, i.e. England, Scotland and Wales);
Africa; Asia; Australasia and Antarctica.
Dear
Mr Donald Kern,
Thank you for your application to attempt the record for ‘MARATHON ON EACH CONTINENT - MEN'.
Your proposal is very similar to an existing record that we already monitor. The category that Guinness World Records currently recognises is: Fastest time to complete a marathon on each continent (male).
The current record (current as at the date of this letter) is:
The shortest overall time to complete a marathon on each of the seven continents is 29 days 16 hours 17 minutes by Richard Takata (Canada) from 4 February - 6 March 2007.
There are those who have run a marathon distance on all seven continents in fewer days, notably my good friend Richard Donovan, who did it in less than six! The record I'm going for is to run in organized marathons on each of the continents. Incidentally, Richard Donovan is the organizer of the Antarctic Ice Marathon, which will be my seventh marathon of this attempt.
Here's a sample of what Guinness needs:
1. All marathons must be officially organised and well publicised, in other words
must not be organised specifically for the purpose of this attempt.
2. Guinness World Records should be informed of the planned marathons prior to
the attempt.
3. The official race results from each marathon and one independent witness
statement from each race, stating that the participant completed each race,
must be provided. A hyperlink to the official marathon website’s race results will
be accepted as evidence of the official race results. If the official website does
not publish the race results then a letter from the race organisers stating the
participant’s official time is required.
4. The dates, times and location of each marathon must be included in the
documentation submitted for verification.
5. The time begins from the start of the first marathon and the clock does not stop
until the completion of the final one.
6. For the purposes of this record, the continents on which a marathon must be
completed are: North America (the border is at the Panama Canal); South
America; Europe (includes mainland Britain, i.e. England, Scotland and Wales);
Africa; Asia; Australasia and Antarctica.
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