But just eight days before Woodbury’s run in New York, Japanese elite runner Yuki Kawauchi made headlines for running a 1:06:42 half marathon wearing a suit at a race in Japan.

Before Sunday, the record for fastest marathon in a suit was 2:58:03, run by Joe Elliott of Great Britain in 2013 at the London Marathon. Whitaker wasn’t the only runner to improve upon the time.

Jan. 22 (UPI) --A British woman donned a polar bear costume to run a frigid Norwegian marathon and break a world record with her time of 4 hours, 58 minutes and 29 seconds.Gill Punt, 54, a teacher ...