Hook Norton beer is fastest in world
The Hooky Pint — aka Gill Begnor — is officially the fastest bottle of beer in the world.
She completed the weekend's London Marathon in four hours, 54 minutes and 36 seconds, beating the previous female bottle record by five minutes and 24 seconds. As there is no male record, Begnor grabbed the title of fastest bottle in the world.
"The low point of the race for me was the last 22.2 miles — every inch of which my legs were telling me that I must be crazy if I thought they were going to run for five hours carrying an 11.5lb costume," she said.
"Crossing the finishing line wasn't quite the moment of elation I'd hoped for either, as I was too tall to fit under the overhead boards, so the crowds were treated to the hugely amusing sight of a seven foot beer bottle being knocked over and finishing the marathon on its knees."
By completing the run, Begnor raised more than £2,300 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
