AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Episcopal priest starting a new church in Travis County hopes to set a new world record on at Sunday’s Ascension Seton Austin Marathon.
David Peters will have to keep a certain pace to set it, but the real challenge will be completing the race wearing the outfit that will define the record. “I’ve walked in my cassock, but never run in it,” he said.
That’s right — Peters will run the marathon on Sunday wearing his floor-length traditional Episcopal priest garment. Others have set Guinness World Records for fastest marathons dressed as nuns, monks and elves; Peters wants to set a new one for the fastest 26.2 miles in a cassock.
“If I hike the skirt a little bit, it’s a little bit easier,” he explained to his church members at a Wednesday prayer service at a Pflugerville coffee shop.
It’ll be a challenge, he said, but it’s one he believes will make him a better priest, if not a better runner.
On KXAN News Today, Peters explains why he’s doing it, and discusses what it means to him to take on the challenge of completing the course.
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