Puff, pant, wibble, wobble - what d'you mean we're too fat to run?

 
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29 July 2013

Hundreds of runners donned inflatable sumo suits and wobbled their way though the annual 5km race in Battersea Park yesterday. The event previously set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of runners wearing sumo suits. Participants raised money for the Link Community Development charity, which works to improve the quality of education for children in sub-Saharan Africa.

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