Posted on 05/01/2019 6:45:24 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
After Big Ben clocked himself at London’s finish, his day only got worse.
Dressed as Big Ben, London marathoner Lukas Bates hoped to break a record for running as the famed clock. But he found time was not on his side at the finish. His costume was too large to fit under the scaffolding of the finis, and bending down to try to fit under didn’t really help, either.
His 3:54:21 finish was not enough to beat the standing record for running dressed as a landmark—3:34:34—and videos of him trying to get his costume across the line went viral.
And though he finally figured out how to get himself and his costume across the line, it turns out his bad day didn’t stop there.
“You thought things couldn’t get worse for the Big Ben bloke in the London Marathon, right?” Piers Morgan said on Good Morning Britain.
He went out for a well-deserved drink in a pub after the race, which turned into a bad time. According to CCTV footage, his costume was stolen and has yet to be returned.
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Big Ben: apparently almost too big to get across the finish line.
DANG!
However big it is, Big Ben is not too big to fail.
Big Ben is the name of the bell in the tower not the tower.
LOL! You are correct.
It is called the Elizabeth Tower.
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