Tom Harrison also known as Mr Gorilla makes his way crawling along part of the London Marathon course in aid of the charity 'Gorilla Organization' Thursday, April 27, 2017. The London Marathon started five days ago, and Tom Harrison is nearly done as he crawls wearing his gorilla suit. The man dubbed Mr. Gorilla is raising money for the Gorilla Organization _ so far more than 22,000 pounds ($28,500) have been pledged.
The London Marathon started five days ago, and Tom Harrison is nearly done.
It's not that he's a slow runner. It's that he's a slow crawler, particularly wearing his gorilla suit.
The man dubbed Mr. Gorilla is raising money for the Gorilla Organization — so far more than 22,000 pounds ($28,500) have been pledged.
He's hopeful of finishing the race Saturday, with his two sons expected at the finish line to celebrate his feat.
He ran the marathon last year raising money for gorillas, but is finding crawling much more stressful.
"It's shoulders, hamstrings, glutes, quads, from the constant crouching," he says. "We're not really designed to do that."
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Harrison says the money will be used to protect endangered gorillas in Africa.
Myre_TEST on April 29th, 2017 at 03:21 UTC »
He was interviewed on the radio a few days ago; fun fact is that he's actually a policeman.
What's not mentioned in the article is that this isn't a continuous attempt as in the evenings he would take a car back to his friend's house and then be driven back to where he left off in the morning.
He also stated that he would only crawl about 200m at a stretch before resting (because of the obvious strain on the body)
untamedkangaroo on April 29th, 2017 at 01:03 UTC »
Like seriously, did he sleep? Is he okay after this?
Jeremiahjd on April 28th, 2017 at 22:06 UTC »
thought those were motivational bananas in the foreground