Man goes viral for drinking wine at every mile of London Marathon

Onlookers have been left stunned after a runner smashed out an incredible time at the London Marathon all while nailing a ridiculous challenge.

A London Marathon runner has gone viral after stopping at the end of every mile to drink a glass of wine.

Completing the 42 kilometres circuit was a challenging enough task for most of the 53,000 people that lined up on the start line on Sunday.

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But TikTok star Tom Gilbey, known for content about wine, opted to make it even more difficult for himself.

The Brit, who has 90,000 followers, set himself the goal of tasting 25 different wines, one per mile throughout the course.

And he even had to guess the name of each of the 25 different wines after having a quick sip of the glass.

In total, he got seven spot on, 14 mostly correct and just four wrong.

But he was understandably looking rather worse for wear as the marathon wore on.

At the start, Tom could be seen having a swig of a glass of red wine while talking to the camera.

He said: “It is London Marathon day. We’re starting with a red. We’re doing 26 wines, one per mile. Let’s go.”

That ended up turning into 25 wines, but it was still an astonishing feat as the social media star was filmed tiredly trying wines up until one mile to go.

He then crossed the line in an impressive time of four hours, 41 minutes and 12 seconds.

When he uploaded the Two-and-a-half-minute video to TikTok, he added the caption: “AND WE’VE ONLY DONE A VIDEO…

“26.2 miles. 25 wines tasted blind. 7 fully correct, 4 wrong & 14 mostly right. Over £10k (A$19,000) raised for @sobell.house.

TikTok star Tom Gilbey has gone viral after drinking wine at every mile of the London Marathon. Pic: TikTok

“Donation link still open in Bio …. BIG FAT THANK YOU ️.”

The video has gone viral and surpassed 390,000 likes on TikTok at time of publication, with fans loving the clip as they pour in with their responses.

One said: “True legend. I’ve tried doing beers before. I made it about four before I was like I can run or drink but not both.”

TikTok star Tom Gilbey was looking worse for wear at the end of the race. Pic: TikTok

Another added: “This is peak Britishness.”

A third replied: “This dude is a legend!”

A fourth said: “If he actually drank the entire glass at each mile and finished the race, I’m going to give serious props to this major athletic achievement.”

A fifth responded: “Now I would love to see the Glasgow equivalent.”

And a sixth added: “Now someone should run the Edinburgh Marathon and have a whiskey each mile.

“Then the Paris Marathon and Champagne. Moscow Marathon, vodka. Tokyo Marathon etc. I would pay to watch them all.”

- This article first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission

Originally published as Man goes viral for drinking wine at every mile of London Marathon