Irish lawyer hopes to tie up one-legged marathon

By Paul Majendie

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Madcap Irishman Colin Carroll has not got a leg to stand on -- and time is running out.

Winning a gold medal at the world elephant polo championships in Nepal was not enough.

Being Ireland's first wrestler at the world sumo championships in Japan left him thirsting for more fame.

So now the 35-year-old lawyer who has turned silliness into a sport is hunting for the perfect partner to set a Guinness World Record time for the three-legged marathon.

The current record is held by identical twins Nick and Alastair Benbow who completed the 1998 London marathon in a time of 3 hours 40 minutes and 16 seconds. They were tied together at the wrist and shared a three-legged pair of running trousers.

Carroll hopes to go one better in June when his hometown of Cork in western Ireland stages its marathon.

"I take being silly very seriously," Carroll told Reuters.

"I am very determined. I really want this so I am now launching a global hunt for a marathon runner ready to be tied to me."