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A pair of fundraising local runners have tasted world record victory after running the fastest marathon dressed as a sweet food.
Alan Falle, the Head of Sixth Form at Victoria College, and Scott Welsh, a personal trainer at Funktion, completed the dairy-ing Guinness World Record feat at the Jersey Marathon in October last year.
The marathon formed part of Alan's challenge to run 2022 miles in 2022 in order to raise money for the Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation, a charity which provides financial and emotional support for Jersey families who need it when a child in the family requires medical treatment in the UK.
Pictured: Alan Falle and Scott Welsh are the current world record holders for running the fastest marathon dressed as a sweet food (male).
Alan and Scott first met when playing football against each other, with Alan playing for Rozel and Scott playing for rival St Peters.
The cool duo started the Coneheadsje instagram page, where they travelled around the island in an attempt to find Jersey's best soft ice cream. Out of 32 ice cream providers, Plémont Bay Cafe scooped the top prize.
In Alan's 2022 running challenge, Scott was instrumental in helping out with training and rehabilitation when Alan ruptured his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL).
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As he neared the end of his challenge, Alan decided to thank Scott for his support by inviting him to run one of the last marathons, dressed as their mutual favourite snack, and secretly applied to Guinness World Records.
Alan said: “I felt that it would be nice to involve Scott in what was almost the final component of my year-long challenge. He had played a huge role in getting me into a position, physically, to be able to take something like that on.”
Not only was this marathon world record breaking, it was also Scott's first.
"It's quite an achievement to have done it wrapped up in that outfit," added Alan.
Pictured: The race was Scott's first ever Marathon.
They completed the marathon in 3 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds. As far as Alan is aware, no one held the record prior to them but they weren't alone on the day.
"Someone else was trying out for the record on the same day, but he was a bit slower than us," explained Alan. "He was dressed as a Mr Whippey!"
The fastest marathon dressed as a sweet food (female) is currently held by Anna Bassil who ran the London Marathon in 4 hours, 12 minutes and 18 seconds in 2021. She was dressed as a 3D cupcake.
By the end of his challenge, Alan had raised £12,500 for the Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation.
Speaking of his achievement, Alan joked: "We will tell people that we are the fastest men on earth, but what we won't tell them is that it's for running a marathon whilst dressed up as an ice cream.
"But obviously it means a lot to me as a bit of a personal climax to the whole event."
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