Yo Adrian!

Ryan Desgrange is a very good marathoner, but just short of the speed necessary for elite status. Undaunted, he is seeking another claim to fame, by attempting to become the fastest man to run a marathon in a film character costume. (Why don’t women ever think of these things?)

His choice was Rocky. Not this Rocky…

…this Rocky.

The choice of costume would seem to give Desgrange an inherent advantage over someone dressed as, say, the Tin Woodsman. But there is a drawback.

His biggest challenge has “Rocky” scrawled across it: the boxing gloves. He can’t take them off during the marathon.

“I have no idea how to pick up water” along the race course, he said. If he can rig an interior gripping system, he’ll practice with help from his wife, Heather, near their home in Howell, Mich.

Fortunately, the Internet has instructions for everything.