Revealing the fastest marathon runner in orbit

On April 24, British astronaut Tim Peake set the fastest marathon record in the universe, after using heavy objects to get rid of the weightlessness and running on the International Space Station (ISS). ) at the same time under the ground, thousands of people attended the London Marathon in the British capital.

According to information on the European Space Agency's website, Peake is the second person to perform a full marathon in the universe. Before him, American astronaut Sunita Williams also participated in the Boston Marathon run on ISS in 2007 and completed the race after 4 hours 23 minutes 10 seconds.

But the first British astronaut on the ISS - Peake - excelled past this record with an impressive 3 hours 35 minutes 21 seconds and was officially recognized as a marathon runner by the Guinness World Records. Fastest on orbit.

British astronaut Tim Peake.(Source: bbc.co.uk).

Earlier, the 44-year-old astronaut began a special race by conducting a countdown in a voice message, at a time when other athletes were ready to depart in London. .

After the countdown, Peake started at the same time as the athletes attending the London Marathon. The only difference is that he has to wear a lot of weight against the weightlessness in the universe.

Peake also shared on the social network that when he ran 42km on the ISS, the space station had moved over a distance of about 100,000km.

In order to perform this special activity, Peake had to go through a special training mode on ISS before and all of the physical movement parameters were recorded in an iPad.

Returning to the London capital event at the same time, more than 39,000 people also completed the London Marathon, setting the record for the largest number of attendees so far, while marking the anniversary. The 36th anniversary of this meaningful community activity took place.

Although it has not been able to push a record set before, but with a record of 2 hours 3 minutes 5 seconds, Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge has won the championship excellently.