Sylvan Guintoli Runs the London Marathon
Sylvan Guintoli Runs the London Marathon
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Steve Bass

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10,698 posts

261 months

Monday 27th April
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In his leathers!!!

In honour of his lad Luca, who passed away aged 6 from Cancer, Sylvain has completed the London Marathon wearing race leathers in under 4 hours.
I cannot begin to fathom the pain at losing a child but I salute him for this and his other fund raising efforts in aid of this charity. He seems a deeply decent guy .

fk Cancer

Opapayer

2,853 posts

13 months

Monday 27th April
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Fantastic effort by him.

F*ck cancer

Here’s a link to donate. Other links are probably available, if you’d prefer to find your own for safety.

https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/sylva...

towser44

4,165 posts

143 months

Monday 27th April
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Shakey Byrne ran it also, albeit not in leathers, in 4 hours 10 minutes. Seb Vettel did 2 hours 59 minutes.

Bob_Defly

5,788 posts

259 months

Monday 27th April
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Under 4 hours in leathers, holy st!

CG2020UK

2,942 posts

68 months

Monday 27th April
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Massive respect!

Losing a child is unimaginable

Sidecar Man

797 posts

89 months

Tuesday 28th April
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Amazing Feat But there's Leathers for Crashing in and a Suit made of leather to run in!

Ps I could not run 26 miles in any kind of suit. .and I have donated to his worthy cause.

Steve Bass

Original Poster:

10,698 posts

261 months

Tuesday 28th April
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Sidecar Man said:
Amazing Feat But there's Leathers for Crashing in and a Suit made of leather to run in!

Ps I could not run 26 miles in any kind of suit. .and I have donated to his worthy cause.
I "think" he wore leathers with the full protection, shoulders etc, not a set made specifically for the run... regardless, I'd struggle to run 2.6 miles, let alone 26 in a suit...

Condi

20,225 posts

199 months

Tuesday 28th April
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He wasn't wearing motorbike boots nono

Steve Bass

Original Poster:

10,698 posts

261 months

Tuesday 28th April
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Condi said:
He wasn't wearing motorbike boots nono
Unforgivable hehe

PorkInsider

6,535 posts

169 months

Wednesday 29th April
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Steve Bass said:
Sidecar Man said:
Amazing Feat But there's Leathers for Crashing in and a Suit made of leather to run in!

Ps I could not run 26 miles in any kind of suit. .and I have donated to his worthy cause.
I "think" he wore leathers with the full protection, shoulders etc, not a set made specifically for the run... regardless, I'd struggle to run 2.6 miles, let alone 26 in a suit...
Yep, according to what Hodgson said, it was a 'proper' suit not a special lightweight one, but sized to run in rather than for riding.

Biker 1

8,548 posts

147 months

Thursday 30th April
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I don't run in public as it's vulgar (or possibly due to my knackered physique....), let alone in a leather suit!!!
He must have been in a right state at the end - probably an unpleasant sweaty bruised mess.

Kudos to Sylvan - as others have mentioned, losing your own kid must be absolutely tragic. I'm not sure how I could deal with that if it happened to me....

FredericRobinson

4,963 posts

260 months

Thursday 30th April
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Just seen him on the Gas it Out podcast, saying 3 days on it's taking him 15 minutes to get up the stairs backwards, and his knees are still bleeding where the knee sliders were rubbing. What a man.

MK3 Dan

373 posts

173 months

Thursday 30th April
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They were talking about this on the Gas It Out Podcast that was released today, apparently it was a proper suit with armour in it and knee sliders etc. Sylvan was talking about how it took 15 mins to get up a flight of stairs on Wednesday mainly due to the sores on his knees that have been bleeding from the suit rubbing!

He has also been in touch with Guinness world records to try and get it made official, think he deserves that.

Epic effort from him and his family, they have been through so much.

I have been lucky enough to spend a couple of days at tracks with him, the last at the end of last year with Alicia as well and they are both amazing, kind people.

768

20,553 posts

124 months

Thursday 30th April
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Dreadful to have to go through that.

Have to respect that time, even if he wasn't wearing the suit, it's a ridiculous achievement with it.

Biker 1

8,548 posts

147 months

Thursday 30th April
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bowbowbow

Epic effort!!

His fund raising target was £50k. Already over £150k!

dukeboy749r

3,715 posts

238 months

Thursday 30th April
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Such a lovely guy, such a sad loss, such a fantastic and noble effort.

_Rodders_

3,500 posts

47 months

Thursday 30th April
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As someone with a 6yo I can't even fathom what his family has gone through.


Neil1300r

5,736 posts

206 months

Friday 1st May
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What got me is he had the front zip done up all the way round. When it's hot I sometimes having the front zip half undone when riding. Top bloke

Bob_Defly

5,788 posts

259 months

Friday 1st May
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Yeah, that's insane. I did the London Marathon in 2005, hardest thing I've ever done. Couldn't go down steps for days afterwards.

Remal

25,097 posts

262 months

Friday 1st May
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top guy and yes F**K Cancer