RUNNING IN PLACE SPACE: British astronaut Tim Peake just ran a marathon on the International Space Station.

Peake completed the London Marathon, which took place Sunday, in 3 hours, 35 minutes and 21 seconds, and he did it many miles from London on the International Space Station, according to various news reports and a statement from the European Space Agency.

That time was good enough to set the record for a marathon in space, according to Guinness. The British astronaut had actually completed the London Marathon on solid ground back in 1999.

He was one of 39,000 runners to participate in this year’s London marathon, but obviously the only one to do it in space. Peake was strapped into a harness and tethered to a treadmill for the duration of the run.

There was a previous space marathon record?