‘This is peak Britishness’: Onlookers stunned by man’s marathon wine heroics

News.com.au - 24/04
A London Marathon runner has gone viral after stopping at the end of every mile to drink a glass of wine.

A London Marathon runner has gone viral after stopping at the end of every mile to drink a glass of wine.

Completing the 42 kilometres circuit was a challenging enough task for most of the 53,000 people that lined up on the start line on Sunday.

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But TikTok star Tom Gilbey, known for content about wine, opted to make it even more difficult for himself.

The Brit, who has 90,000 followers, set himself the goal of tasting 25 different wines, one per mile throughout the course.

And he even had to guess the name of each of the 25 different wines after having a quick sip of the glass.

In total, he got seven spot on, 14 mostly correct and just four wrong.

But he was understandably looking rather worse for wear as the marathon wore on.

At the start, Tom could be seen having a swig of a gla...
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