• The challenger must be wearing full field hockey goalkeeper kit and all articles must conform to official competition standards.

​

• If any article of clothing is removed, the attempt is disqualified!

​(helmet, chest protector, arm guard/elbow protector, smock, hand protectors, padded shorts/pants, leg guards and kickers)

​

• Other articles such as a hockey stick or cup/groin protector are optional but can also be worn.

​​

• The challenger can wear running shoes under the kickers.

​

• If the claimant is running for a particular charity, details should be included, although this does not affect the attempt itself.

​

• Half and full marathon attempts must be done at an officially sanctioned race, certified by a national athletic governing body e.g. USATF (USA Track and Field) or UKA (United Kingdom Athletics).  For the purpose of this record races cannot be one-off races or be organised for the sole purpose of the record attempt.  Races that do not meet these requirements must be sent to Guinness World Records for pre-approval and whether they are accepted will be at our discretion.

• The attempt must be made on a pre-measured course as part of an organised race.

• The race time must be monitored by the race organisers with official race results submitted with the claim, this must be done through chipped timings.

• The runner must have a race number.

• The competitor must complete the race. If they do not finish, the attempt is disqualified.

• Rest breaks are allowed, but the clock is continuous.

• The event must be overseen by two independent witnesses, one of whom must be the race director.  In the case that the person attempting the record is the race director, a further independent witness.

• The costume must be pre-approved by Guinness World Records. This must be done by uploading full length pictures of the participant in the costume to your application under the “upload evidence” function.  Please also follow this with a correspondence to your records manager notifying them of your costume upload.

• It is the participant’s responsibility to check with the marathon organisers that their costume is acceptable within the race organiser’s rules e.g. costume dimensions do not obstruct other runners.  Guinness World Records will not check costume validity with race organisers on your behalf.

• The costume must be instantly recognisable as per the record title’s description.

• If a rest break is taken the participant/participants are permitted to remove the costume, however they must not move forward on the course.  If the costume is removed or disjointed and progression on the course is made the attempt will be disqualified.

• Unless stated otherwise in the specific guidelines running shoes are permitted with any costume.  If the participant wishes to run in other footwear suiting the style of their costume it is by their own will.

• If any item of the costume is removed during the attempt (e.g. mask) the attempt will be disqualified.

• Sufficient evidence in order to verify the fancy dress/costume was worn or the activity was done throughout the duration of the race must be provided. This evidence can come in one of three ways and it will ultimately be at Guinness World Records’ discretion if enough evidence was provided.
  a. Full video of the entire race from start to finish showing the costume in its entirety.
  b. One photograph of the runner for every one mile or two kilometers of the race.
  c. Two independent witnesses running alongside the applicant for the duration of the race.
  This can either be the same two independent witnesses from start to finish or multiple different witnesses throughout the race, but there must be two at all times and each witness must fill out a detailed statement.