{"id":3175,"date":"2016-04-25T09:02:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/25\/british-astronaut-tim-peake-ran-the-london-marathon-in-space\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T09:02:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T01:02:11","slug":"british-astronaut-tim-peake-ran-the-london-marathon-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/25\/british-astronaut-tim-peake-ran-the-london-marathon-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"British astronaut Tim Peake ran the London Marathon in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As if running more than 26 miles here on Earth wasn’t a challenge enough.<\/p>\n

British astronaut Tim Peake completed the London Marathon on Sunday while strapped to a treadmill in the International Space Station \u2014 floating in orbit about 200 miles above his nearly 40,000 competitors on the ground.<\/p>\n

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After wishing his fellow runners good luck and kicking off the race in a recorded message, Peake finished the 26.2-mile course in about three hours and 35 minutes, the European Space Agency tweeted.<\/p>\n

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In order to simulate the atmosphere of the race on the ground, Peake watched a digital recreation of the route \u2014 complete with a cheering crowd \u2014 on the RunSocial iPad app as he ran. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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