David Rush — who ran the marathon in 5 hours, 54 minutes and 50 seconds— overcame his body overheating from the layers of clothes
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- David Rush broke the Guinness World Record for most T-shirts worn during a marathon at the Idaho Potato Marathon in Boise
- The “compression pressure of 125 T-shirts molding around me as a cast left me sweat-soaked, burning alive,” he recalled
- Rush’s record of 125 T-shirts bested the previous record of 100
An Idaho runner wore a record-breaking outfit on race day.
David Rush ran the Idaho Potato Marathon wearing 125 T-shirts to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for most T-shirts worn at a marathon.
“I just so happened to look like a potato,” Rush, who is in his 40s, said in a video recap of his May 16 record attempt, which GWR certified in July…