![]() ![]() I went out for a run yesterday and a swim the day before. Anything that didn't involve crawling was nice, really. I just kind of rested up that afternoon and evening. What were some of the normal things you did after finishing? But by the end lots of people knew what I was doing, and they came out to take photos, and bringing me snacks and drinks and stopping for photos. Certainly, the first few days, I was getting a lot of very strange looks from people wondering what in the world I was doing. I am normally jostling along with other runners. I started at the back, so I was pretty much the last person over the line. How was the atmosphere at the marathon? How did people react when they saw you crawling? I guess in hindsight it was better to do a little bit more, but I didn't really get a chance. I basically did full circuits of football pitches near my house and crawled around four times, which was a mile. I didn't really do a great deal of training, to be honest. How did you train for something like this? So after that I had to crawl on hands and feet, which is a little bit quicker in terms of how fast you can move, but it's a lot harder work, because you're putting more weight through your arms. I had knee pads on, but it must have rubbed underneath a bit all day. At the end of the day, my knees were quite badly blistered. And I was crawling with my hands and knees. On the first day, I managed to do 4½ miles, half of that. I kind of estimated I might be able to do nine miles a day, but I got a little optimistic. It was definitely harder and slower going than I thought. How did you do it and what was going on in your mind? I thought, "How would a gorilla get around? Well, they crawl." So I decided to crawl the marathon this time. I thought to myself, "Well, I've run it dressed as a gorilla, so it's got to be hard to go back to friends and family and ask them to sponsor me to do the same thing again." So I thought I'd like to do something a little bit different. It kind of inspired me to raise some more money for them. I was lucky enough to see the gorillas as well. In November last year, I was lucky enough to go see some of the projects they ran in Rwanda and Uganda. Last year, I ran the London Marathon dressed as a gorilla to raise funds for the Gorilla Organization. It is nice to be a little bit normal again. I got up every day, put my gorilla suit on and crawled for around 6 miles. It kind of turned into a bit of a job in the end. It's just nice not to have to do any more crawling. Gorilla.Ĭongratulations on finishing the London Marathon. In the days since he finished his 26.2-mile crawl, Harrison has been enjoying normal activities, like going for a run, swimming and spending time with his kids - all while still giving interviews for global media outlets, including Russian, German and Asian TV channels.ĮSPN.com caught up with Harrison this week to find out why he decided to crawl the marathon, how he's adapting to life as an internet sensation, and what comes next for Mr. Gorilla, has participated in five other London Marathons, but this was the first time he crawled. In the process, he raised more than £38,000 (approximately $50,000) and counting for the Gorilla Organization, a conservation group that works to protect endangered gorillas in their native habitat. His two sons, ages 4 and 6, also wearing gorilla costumes, walked alongside him for the last 100 meters. The 41-year-old London police officer finished the race on Saturday - almost a week after it began - on all fours. Media organizations want to interview him. Meet the man who crawled the London Marathon in a gorilla suitĮver since Tom Harrison crawled to the finish line wearing a gorilla costume six days after starting the London Marathon, he's been an internet phenomenon. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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