Not just Hui You in Sichuan! OL ran half a horse in a suit, setting a Guinness World Record.

Do you still remember that Yoohiro Kawauchi, Japan's "strongest citizen runner", finished an amazing half-horse race in Saitama two years ago with a full set of 1 hour of 6 minutes and 42 seconds? There are not a few such lunatics. In the United States, 24-year-old office worker Karoline Skatteboe recently set the world's fastest record for running half a horse in women's clothes with a time of 1 hour 29 minutes 14 seconds. She has been wearing a belt and a bow tie, and broke the Guinness World Record "easily" without unbuttoning her shirt.

It's not just Huiyou OL in Sichuan who set a Guinness record for running half a horse in a suit. TIMOTHY ANAYA/ Supply Department

Caroline is now a consultant of Boston Consulting Group. In the Boston Marathon in April this year, she ran for 3 hours and 3 minutes in extremely wet and cold weather. After finishing the hard battle, she decided to try something easier in the next game. However, this "simple attempt" is not easy for ordinary people. Her goal is to break the record of the fastest half-horse woman in a suit. What is Caroline's motivation to challenge this unique task? In fact, her boyfriend Gihan Amarasiriwardena is the CEO of the supply department of office and sports dual-use clothing company, whose brand focuses on comfortable fabrics. He briefly became the Guinness World Record holder for men's suits and horses in 20 15. Running half a horse in a suit is more competitive among men (see the picture below); However, in the women's half-horse suit record, since JENNIFER WILSON, a Canadian woman, ran 1 hour 42 minutes and 42 seconds on June 438+06, 1965, this record has never been set again. Caroline and her boyfriend are confident that she can break this record.

Caroline, who works as a consultant, wears a suit to work every day, but she has never been trained to wear a suit before the competition. On May 6th, in the Providence Road Race in Rhode Island, USA, Caroline wore a full suit, including a tie, a belt and a pair of running shoes, and ran half a horse for 1 29 minutes 14 seconds, that is, 6 minutes and 49 seconds per mile (about 1.6 kilometers), successfully breaking the Guinness World Record.

What's the scenery like in Providence Highway Raceway, Rhode Island, USA? Providence Rhodes horse racing

What bothers Caroline most is the high temperature on the match day, especially in the second half of the game, which exceeds 60 degrees Fahrenheit (about 15.5 degrees). According to Guinness World Records, in order to meet the requirements of running, a runner can't adjust her clothes in the middle of the race, or even open the buttons on her shirt or roll up her sleeves, which makes her sweat all the time, which is quite painful. Fortunately, Caroline was encouraged by many other runners and roadside spectators on the track. Many people say that she is the "Best Modeling Award" in this competition. And her boyfriend accompanied her for a short run to help his girlfriend take a photo that broke the Guinness World Record.

Caroline took a sweet photo with her boyfriend after setting the Guinness World Record? TIMOTHY ANAYA/ Supply Department