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UK astronaut Tim Peake runs marathon aboard space station

British astronaut Tim Peake in action running the London Marathon while strapped to a treadmill to counter the lack of gravity at the International Space Station on Sunday. (esa / European Space Agency (ESA) via AP)
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LONDON – British astronaut Tim Peake has completed the London Marathon – from 250 miles above Earth.

Peake ran the 26.2-mile race harnessed to a treadmill aboard the International Space Station, with a simulation of the route through London’s streets playing on an iPad.

He finished in 3 hours and 35 minutes. Guinness World Records said that’s a record for the fastest marathon in orbit. American astronaut Sunita Williams ran the Boston Marathon from space in 2007 in 4 hours and 24 minutes.

Peake, who is four months into a six-month stay aboard the space station, also sent competitors a good luck video message before Sunday’s race.

The 44-year-old astronaut was one of more than 39,000 people running the marathon – the rest at ground level.