A firefighter has smashed the world record for the running fastest London Marathon in full kit.
Mark Peart, 38, from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, completed the 26.2m (42km) course in three hours, two minutes and 57 seconds on Sunday.
The previous record stood at three hours and 41 minutes.
Peart, the station manager at Penistone Fire Station, said as a firefighter he was used to being hot but admitted as the temperatures soared in London “it were a tough day”.
