A TECH entrepreneur made history on Sunday by becoming the first person to run the London Marathon while DJing.
Gus Fraser completed the TCS London Marathon in six hours – despite a back injury and carrying 10kg of equipment.
He said that he had aimed to motivate other runners to “keep on going” while also raising money for a cancer charity in memory of his father, who died from the disease a decade ago.
Despite being the first to attempt the feat, Mr Fraser’s run will not be recognised as a Guinness World Record, as he failed to complete the marathon in under the required five hours.
He said: “I had to stop every 5km to rest the decks on the railings to have a rest, which slowed down my time quite a bit.
“But I am so pleased that I managed to complete it.”
He said that he had raised £12,000 for Cancer Research UK, a cause he has been supporting for the past ten years by taking part in various physical endurance events and fundraisers.
Mr Fraser said that this year he wanted to do “something different” to raise as much money as he could for the charity’s clinical trials unit in Southampton, adding: “A regular marathon wouldn’t be enough.”
Having also witnessed loved ones battling cancer since his father’s death, he said he felt the need to “do something about it”.
He added: “More recently, cancer struck close to home again, affecting one of my young son’s best friends, who has bravely been battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma for over a year.
“Another young friend was recently lucky to survive an 11-hour surgery, resulting in the removal of her pelvic tumour, colon, part of her liver, her spleen, and a total hysterectomy and ileostomy.”
Donate to Mr Fraser’s fundraiser here.
