FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Guinness World Records and Los Angeles Marathon Partner
To Offer Record-Breaking Attempts To Runners
NEW YORK, NY/LOS ANGELES, CA (October 30, 2019) - Guinness World Records,
the global authority on record-breaking achievements, announces its
collaboration with the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS to
provide runners with the opportunity to make history. An official Guinness
World Records adjudicator will be tracking marathon record-attempters on
race day to verify if their run from the Stadium to the Sea is Officially
Amazing.™
"We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Guinness World Records
for the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon. This is the entertainment capital of
the world and partnering with Guinness World Records adds another element
of entertainment and performance to the amazing experience that is the
Stadium to Sea race course," said Steven Powell, Chief Commercial Officer
of Conqur Endurance Group.
History-making hopefuls for the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon can attempt one
of hundreds of marathon-related individual and team-based Guinness World
Records titles including:
- Fastest marathon dressed as a lifeguard (male) (current record: 2:55:54)
- Fastest marathon dressed as a television character (female) (current
record: 3:54:48)
- Fastest marathon wearing flip-flops (male) (current record: 03:42:29)
- Fastest marathon dressed as an emoji (female) (current record: 4:18:06)
- Fastest marathon in film character costume (female) (current record:
3:16:19)
Applications must be submitted to Guinness World Records prior to 6 PM PST
on Monday, February 10, 2020. Runners must register for the Los Angeles
Marathon before applying to break a Guinness World Records title.
In 2017, the last time that there were official attempts at the Los Angeles
Marathon, eight Guinness World Records titles were achieved, including
Fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional bird and Fastest marathon
dressed as a fast food item.
For more information on how to break a record during this icon run in 2020,
please visit LAMarathon.com/GuinnessWorldRecords.
About Guinness World Records
What's the fastest game bird in Europe? This was the question that inspired
the founding of Guinness World Records back in 1955. Starting with a single
book published from a room above a gym, GWR has grown to become a global
multi-media brand, with offices in London, New York, Miami, Beijing, Tokyo
and Dubai. Today, we deliver world-class content, not just through Books,
but via TV shows, Social Media and Live Events. Our in-house consultancy
works closely with brands and businesses around the world to harness the
power of record-breaking and deliver award-winning campaigns and business
solutions. Our ultimate purpose is to inspire people -?individuals,
families, schools, groups, companies, communities and even entire countries
- to read about, watch, listen to and participate in record-breaking. To
join this record-breaking community - and find out the answer to that
original question - visit guinnessworldrecords.com.
About Conqur Endurance Group
Conqur Endurance Group creates world-class experiences that ignite passion
in athletes and connect communities through the transformative power of
sport. The Los Angeles Marathon is among the largest marathons in the
country with 24,000 participants, thousands of volunteers and hundreds of
thousands of spectators. The "Stadium to the Sea" course, starting at
Dodger Stadium and finishing near the Santa Monica Pier, is one of the most
scenic in the world, taking runners on a tour of Los Angeles past every
major landmark. In addition to the marquee event, Conqur Endurance Group
produces the Pasadena Half Marathon & 5K at the Rose Bowl, the Santa Monica
Classic 5K/10K and the LA BIG 5K. Conqur also owns and operates one of the
largest marathon training programs in the U.S., the LA Road Runners.
Through official charity programs and strategic partnerships, Conqur
supports dozens of nonprofit partners; the most notable being Students Run
LA, one of the foremost nonprofit youth running programs in the nation. For
more information, please visit www.goconqur.com
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