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04.03.2024 New claim submitted for Railway Pulling with Teeth 04.03.2024 New claim submitted for polo ball hits with a walking mallet, 1 minute 05.11.2023 New claim submitted for Leapfrogging Chain Keywords: (e.g football beer mat)	Listed below are the verified claims for the record listed. 7 Marathons on 7 Continents, Fastest Time - Current world record 1. Richard Donovan (Ireland) ran seven marathons on seven continents in 4 days, 22 hours and 3 minutes. on 1-6 February 2012. Within these days, he finished a marathon in Antarctica, Cape Town (Africa), Sao Paulo (South America), Orlando (North America), London (Europe), Hong Kong (Asia) and Sydney (Australia). The story of his adventure can be read at www.worldmarathonchallenge.com/2012/   Previous verified claims 1. Richard Donovan ran seven marathons on seven continents in 5 days 10:08 hours from 31 January-5 February 2009. His His finishing times were: Novo Base (Antarctica) 4:39:29 hours, Cape Town (Africa) 4:29:33 hours, Dubai (Asia) 4:46:45 hours, London (Europe) 5:07:02 hours, Toronto (North America) 4:07:14 hours, Santiago de Chile (South America) 4:37:58 hours and Sydney (Australia) 4:14:50 hours.     The Book of Alternative records - World records, record breakers and more!