Dan is handed his world record for 'fastest marathon dressed as a microphone' at the finishing line. Dan is handed his world record for 'fastest marathon dressed as a microphone' at the finishing line. AS THOUSANDS limber up ahead of the Solihull Half Marathon this weekend – there’s one participant who is hoping to claim his second world record title. In April Dan completed the London Marathon dressed as a microphone in three hours 35 minutes and 51 seconds – a world record. including Paris, London and the Shakespeare Marathon in StratfordHis next venture is the Berlin marathon.