London Marathon 2017 May Be Over But A Man In A Gorilla Suit Is Still Racing Two Days Later

'Giving the shoulders a rest. Back onto the blistered knees for a bit.'
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Two days after the start of the London Marathon, a man crawling the race in a gorilla suit is still going.

The man, who has not been identified, has been chronicling his 26.2 mile journey on Twitter, which was completed by most of the record number of runners competing in this year’s race on Sunday afternoon.

During his last tweet, around midday on Tuesday, the costumed-competitor was nearing Rotherhithe station, in south east London.

The race starts in Blackheath, Woolwich, before ending at London Bridge.

Giving the shoulders a rest. Back onto the blistered knees for a bit #MrGorilla #VLM2017 #londonmarathoncrawl @Gorillas_Org pic.twitter.com/VkeGvKrZav

— Mr Gorilla (@GorillaSaver) April 25, 2017

A post an hour earlier showed the man crawling on his knees: “Giving the shoulders a rest. Back onto the blistered knees for a bit,” a caption on a video post reads.

Earlier today the man, calling himself Mr Gorilla, had not quite reached the half-way point, passing the 10 mile mark, in a race he is doing to raise money for The Gorilla Organisation.

The London charity, according to its website, is “at the forefront of the campaign to save the world’s last remaining gorillas from extinction”.

A JustGiving page the man set up had raised £1,442 by 3pm on Tuesday.

Why did the gorilla cross the road? To get his Beatle on at Mile 10 #MrGorilla #VLM2017 #londonmarathoncrawl @Gorillas_Org pic.twitter.com/V680ttgqWK

— Mr Gorilla (@GorillaSaver) April 25, 2017

Lovely natural grass! Sun's out. Great day for crawling! #MrGorilla #LondonMarathonCrawl @Gorillas_Org pic.twitter.com/b76IPl6Qo9

— Mr Gorilla (@GorillaSaver) April 25, 2017

8 miles in. Time for a banana break. #VLM2017 #LondonMarathonCrawl #MrGorilla @Gorillas_Org pic.twitter.com/mhG7673Ghe

— Mr Gorilla (@GorillaSaver) April 24, 2017

#MrGorilla - Mr Gorilla is making an overnight nest in Charlton. Back tomorrow : ) pic.twitter.com/0453lqbnot

— Mr Gorilla (@GorillaSaver) April 23, 2017

Members of the public have also taken to posing for pictures with Mr Gorilla during his journey across the capital.

Banana break for #MrGorilla at day2 mile8 of #londonmarathon2017 for @Gorillas_Org #GetInspired pic.twitter.com/wRBbFdFwSe

— Olivia Jones (@Olivia_K_Jones) April 24, 2017

Met #MrGorilla for a water break and some jelly babies. Approaching Cutty Sark! pic.twitter.com/xyUlcEfKQZ

— Bruce Cleghorn (@_flyfo) April 24, 2017

Thanks to Jamie from @lb_southwark who stopped strimming so #MrGorilla could crawl passed #londonmarathoncrawl #VLM2017 @gorillasorg pic.twitter.com/2fCUI9SZwG

— Mr Gorilla (@GorillaSaver) April 25, 2017

Mr Gorilla wasn’t the only person to run the race in a gorilla suit, with a man named Rob (Rob the Gorilla) also doing so to raise money for the same charity.

Rob the Gorilla has already completed the 26.2 mile course
Rob the Gorilla has already completed the 26.2 mile course
Rob the Gorilla

Sunday’s marathon saw hundreds of runners don costumers. One man, a roofer, even completed the race with a 25kg tumble dryer on his back.

Mr Gorilla’s fundraising page can be found here.

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