14 Guinness World Records broken at STWM 2019

Fourteen out of 22 Guinness World Record attempts were successfully completed at yesterday’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, six in the full marathon and eight in the half-marathon.

An official GWR adjudicator was on-site to verify the records yesterday, making things a little less complicated for the attempters, who would otherwise have to document their entire race and send the documentation off to the Guinness organization for ratification, which takes several weeks.

Fastest half-marathon (male) dressed as a fruit

You may already know about the half-marathon runner in the Chiquita Banana costume, since he was fast enough to keep up with the elite women, and therefore showed up repeatedly on the broadcast. Melvin Nyairo of Yuba, California did successfully break the record for fastest half-marathon (male) dressed as a fruit, running 1:15:35 to break the previous record of 1:19:13.

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Here are yesterday’s other successful record-breakers:

Marathon records

Most folks consider running a marathon a significant challenge. These folks opted to run in costume to score Guinness World Records, which usually increases the discomfort factor, sometimes by a lot. Here are the successful new marathon world records achieved yesterday.

Bruno Gustavo Macaneiro of the Netherlands ran 3:28:34, the fastest marathon dressed in a football/soccer kit (male), bettering the previous record of 3:42:32.

Jared Levine ran the fastest marathon dressed as a supervillain (male) in 03:02:02, bettering the previous record of 4:00:00.

Diego Alcubierre of Mexico ran the fastest marathon dressed as a tennis player (male) in 3:05:30, to break the previous record of 3:28:48.

Joe Ajoy of Oakville, Ont. broke the record for the fastest marathon dressed in full Quidditch kit (male) in 4:02:31. The previous record was 4:15:00. (Ajoy broke the same record in the half-marathon at the Oakville Half-Marathon on October 6, unofficially. We’re not sure whether he had to run the full distance with a broom between his legs.)

Omar Trujillo of Mexico ran the fastest marathon dressed as an Aztec (male) in 3:40:18. The previous record was 4:15:00.

Jeff Mescal of Lowell, Indiana ran 2:56:46 for fastest marathon dressed in a baseball uniform (male) in 2:56:46, bettering the previous record of 3:47:35.

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Half-marathon records

Aysha Mirza, a model, runner and blogger from New York City, ran the fastest half-marathon dressed as a cartoon character (female) in 1:53:26 to break the previous record of 2:00:00. She was dressed as the Jasmine character from Aladdin.

Calum Knott of Mississauga ran the fastest half-marathon dressed as a cowboy (male) in 1:51:29 to break the previous record of 1:51:56, which was set by Robert Winckler at STWM in 2017. (Winckler was planning to attempt a new half-marathon record dressed as a swimmer, but personal circumstances prevented him from making the attempt yesterday. However, he did complete the half-marathon in his regular running clothes.)

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Julia Heos and Jake Carter of Bradford, Ont. ran the fastest half-marathon by a married couple (by adding their finishing times together) in 3:12:23, to break the previous record of 3:13:27.

Valentina and Andrea Caballero of Mississauga, Ont. ran the fastest half-marathon by a pair of siblings (crossing the finish line together) in 2:15:49, to break the previous record of 2:30:00.

Michal Kapral of Toronto ran the fastest half-marathon skipping without a rope (male) in 2:12:46, to break the previous record of 2:27:01. Kapral also set yet another new joggling record recently (unofficially) in the Maldives.

Yes, that means skipping as in “hippety hop to the barbershop”-style. Shortly before his attempt, Kapral found out that David Rush (a fellow juggler and GWR-holder) had set a new record for skipping a half-marathon, in 2:13:41. So he knew he had to beat that time yesterday, and he did–barely. “My plan was to go sub-2,” says Kapral, “but after a very tough opening kilometre in about 5:50, I knew it was going to be tight to crack 2:13.

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Charlie Molina of Brampton, Ont. ran the fastest half-marathon in a martial arts suit (male) in 1:27:03 to beat the previous record of 1:28:22.

Melissa Chen of Toronto ran the fastest half-marathon dressed as a vegetable (female) in 1:53:09. The previous record was 2:00:00. (Chen ran dressed as a carrot.)

The successful records at a glance

Runner Name	Record-Title	Finish Time
Melvin Nyairo	Fastest half marathon dressed as a fruit	01:15:35
Aysha Mirza	Fastest half marathon dressed as a cartoon character (female)	01:53:26
Calum Knott	Fastest half marathon dressed as a cowboy	01:51:29
Melissa Chen	Fastest half marathon dressed as a vegetable (female)	01:53:09
Charlie Molina	Fastest half marathon in a martial arts suit (male)	01:27:03
Jake Carter & Julia Heos	Fastest half marathon run by a married couple – aggregate time	03:12:23
Andrea & Valentina Caballero	Fastest half marathon run by a pair of siblings	02:15:49
Michal Kapral	Fastest half marathon skipping without a rope (male)	02:12:46
Jared Levine	Fastest marathon dressed as a supervillain (male)	03:02:02
Diego Alcubierre	Fastest marathon dressed as a tennis player (male)	03:05:30
Omar Rosas Trujillo	Fastest marathon dressed as an Aztec (male)	03:40:18
Jeff Mescal	Fastest marathon dressed in a baseball uniform (male)	02:56:46
Bruno Gustavo Macaneiro	Fastest marathon dressed in a football/soccer kit (male)	03:28:34
Joe Ajoy	Fastest marathon dressed in full Quidditch kit (male)	04:02:31

And in case you have Guinness World Record aspirations of your own, here’s the list of records that were attempted but not successfully contested yesterday, and the time to beat:

Fastest marathon dressed as an astronaut (female): 4:00:00
Fastest marathon in a fireman’s uniform (male): 3:41:10
Fastest half-marathon dressed as a ballet dancer (female): 2:15:00
Fastest half-marathon dressed as an elf (female): 2:00:00
Fastest half-marathon dressed as a fisherman (male): 2:25:00
Fastest marathon dressed as a professional wrestler (male): 3:15:00