Mountain Goat Trail Runners club break world record for fastest marathon run in a four-person costume at Gold Coast Marathon

Some were there to break the 10km, half marathon or 42km Gold Coast Marathon records across the weekend. Others were there to break a slightly less conventional world record.

A GROUP of mates have set the world record for the fastest marathon ever completed while dressed in a four-person costume.

Ben Jansen, Jason Luke, Christopher Dale and Andrew Hauck each dressed like a superhero and were joined together by a duct which represented an aeroplane at the Gold Coast Marathon.

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Ben Jansen, Jason Luke, Christopher Dale and Andrew Hauck break a world record at the Gold Coast Marathon for the fastest marathon run while dressed in a four-person suit. Photo: Contributed

The Brisbane team finished the 42km run in just under four hours.

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Mr Jansen said the costume made it the slowest but hardest marathon he had ever done.

“Our biggest challenge was the heat because of how much we were wearing — but I didn’t even have a mask and the other guys did,” Mr Jansen said.

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“We had to pour a lot of water over ourselves every chance we got.”

There were no moments along the track that anyone suggested taking the costume off because nobody wanted to be “that guy,” Mr Jansen said.

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The superheroes were were continually photographed along their run in-line with Guinness Book of World Records rules in hopes of making their efforts official.

The friends, who know each other from the Mountain Goat Trail Runners club, had a test-run in their costumes through Brisbane City a week ago.

Their efforts also raised more than $6500 for charity Save the Children, which their most experienced runner Mr Dale has fundraised for over the last several years.

If their calculations are correct and their time is approved, it means they beat the last world record by six minutes.

They celebrated their achievement with plenty of beer.