Diplo claims to have run LA Marathon in under 4 hours whilst on LSD

At the Los Angeles Marathon a few weeks back, Diplo completed the 26.2-mile course in an impressive 3:55:16, despite having yet to do a rigorous training regimen. The 44-year-old DJ claims that the entire race was one extended hallucinogenic experience.

He initially posted on his Instagram that, since his maximum run was 11 miles (not accurate according to his prior half-marathon results), he “took LSD” (the psychedelic drug, not “long slow distance”). 

Before the marathon, he had also mentioned his goal of surpassing Oprah’s 1994 PR of 4:29 in the Marine Corps Marathon, sometimes termed “the Oprah effect”. Diplo had some cheekiness on Instagram, saying, “I ate that (sorry oprah).”

He gave the nod to Olympic athlete Alexi Pappas for helping him and continued, “shout out my knees which will never be the same, and my kids for waiting for me at the finish line. If anyone needs me I’ll be sitting down.”

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[Source: Runner’s World]