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Watch as man drinks 25 glasses of wine while running marathon
25 Apr 2024
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Respect to anyone who ran the London Marathon, but we always thought we could never.
That is, until we saw the way that one legend decided to do it, stopping at each mile to slurp a different glass of wine...
Yup, wine expert Tom Gilbey, known as "Wine-Guy", decided to taste a different wine at 25 out of the 26.2 miles of the London Marathon, which sounds like a pretty good day out (minus all the running!).
Watch him in action below:
The race saw Tom stop for an Australian Shiraz, a South African Syrah and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile, among others.
He wasn't just chugging vino either, he was doing exactly as you would at a proper wine tasting, sniffing and swirling the glass in order to guess what type of grape he was about to try.
The wine expert managed to prove his credentials, too, as of the 25 he tasted, he guessed seven of them completely correctly, 14 "mostly right," and only four wrong.
It wasn't all fun and games, either, as Tom was running for a charity named Sobell House Hospice in Oxfordshire, and incredibly managed to earn almost 20 grand (you can still donate here!)
Tom Gilbey correctly guessed an impressive number of glasses (Credit: TikTok)
"If this was a regular thing at marathons I might actually be convinced to enter one," said one person in the comments of Tom's video.
"Could I run a marathon- no, could I run a mile have a glass of wine and repeat again 26 times - yes I think this is achievable", joked another.
As a third wrote: "Now this is how you run a marathon..."
"The running whilst drunk super impressive but I don’t think people realise how insane it is how many wines were correct! As a sommelier I salute you!," a fourth chimed in.
Next marathon maybe we'll head down with 25 glasses of wine – but we think we'd still prefer to drink 'em as we watch from the sidelines!
Featured image: Just Giving/ TikTok: Tom Gilbey Wine