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\"RobinRobin Cancer Trust<\/p>\n

Toby Freeman, from Colchester, said he had “more determination than ever”<\/p>\n

A man whose brother died of cancer is aiming to break a world record at the 2026 London Marathon.<\/p>\n

Toby Freeman, from Colchester, wants to become the fastest man dressed as a body part \u2014 in his case, a giant pair of testicles \u2014 to complete the 26-mile run in the capital in April.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old is running for the Robin Cancer Trust, a charity he founded in memory of his older sibling, who died from testicular cancer in 2011.<\/p>\n

“There’s world records for everything and this one is quite niche,” he admitted.<\/p>\n

The quirky record is held by Ollie Shortt<\/a>, who crossed the line dressed as a bone, after three hours, 32 minutes and 21 seconds.<\/p>\n

It was one of 42 Guinness World Records achieved during the 2025 race.<\/p>\n

“I believe I can do it,” Mr Freeman said. “I’ve got a training plan and more determination than ever.<\/p>\n

“I’m having to train really hard, really fast and getting up early in the morning in the cold.”<\/p>\n

\"RobinRobin Cancer Trust<\/p>\n

Toby Freeman is coming off the back of a huge year of fundraising<\/p>\n

Mr Freeman’s attempt follows a huge year of fundraising efforts, having raised \u00a318,500 by running 500km (310 miles) in 2025.<\/p>\n

He ran the length of Hadrian’s Wall<\/a>, which measures about 135km (84 miles), in June and also took part in the London and Brighton marathons.<\/p>\n

“There has been an absolutely incredible response. It’s been a little bit overwhelming, but in a positive way,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You put in all this training, these hours in the dark and wet and sometimes you think ‘what is my life?’.<\/p>\n

“But when you get a message or see someone’s donated to support the cause you think that makes all of this worthwhile; it’s having a tangible impact.”<\/p>\n

\"SuppliedSupplied<\/p>\n

Robin Freeman, pictured with his mum, died within 10 months of being diagnosed with testicular cancer<\/p>\n

Mr Freeman hoped his latest fundraising effort would help to raise awareness about testicular cancer.<\/p>\n

There are about 2,400 new cases of this type of cancer in the UK every year, according to Cancer Research UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I lost my brother Rob to a late stage testicular cancer when he was 24,” Mr Freeman added.<\/p>\n

“Rob was my best friend, my elder brother and the inspiration behind setting up the Robin Cancer Trust. <\/p>\n

“Running has become an outlet for my mental health and my physical health, and I realised it’s vital to me being as productive as possible.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robin Cancer Trust Toby Freeman, from Colchester, said he had “more determination than ever” A man whose brother…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-213000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}