Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Some Drink Wine.

Our country is taking a round trip ride on the hot mess express. The world is depressing. So I would like to take a moment to bring a little happiness to your day. You can thank me later. There is a man named Tom Gilbey who ran the London Marathon to raise money for the Sobell House Hospice Charity in Oxfordshire in honor of his mom. How does one raise money running the London Marathon you ask? Gilbey did it by drinking wine while he ran. He drank 25 wines along the 26.2 miles with a glass of champagne waiting for him at the finish line. Turns out, I can run a marathon too! I just need 25 glasses of wine and a glass of bubbly at the end for motivation. And I can promise you, that is the only way you will ever catch me running 26.2 miles.

At the end of every mile he would blindly drink a wine while recording on TikTok. He would guess what kind of wine it was, where it was from, and what year it was made. By the end of the race he had fully guessed 7 successfully, was wrong only 4 times, and got 14 mostly right. What a pro. The last time I went wine tasting I guessed 0 correct. So good for him.

His goal was to raise 2,000 pounds (about $2,509 USD). As of April 27th, Gilbey had raised 14,000 pounds (roughly $17,565 USD) for the charity! What an absolute gem.