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Tony 'The Fridge' Morrison set a world record on the Surrey Half Marathon by making it around the course in two hours and 23 minutes.

Most runners were just glad to make it to the finish line at the event on Sunday (March 12) but for Tony, the event was made even more special when he checked his finish time.

The crowds cheered loudly for Tony as he made it to the end of the 13.1 mile route.

Speaking at the finish line, still with the fridge attached to his back, he told Get Surrey : "Well I've just set a new world record and ran the fastest half marathon I have ever ran.

"I dedicated it to my mum.

"The weather was right, just a little bit of rain.

"The crowd were amazing, absolutely everybody cheered me every step of the way.

"It always gives you that something extra."

Tony said despite wanting to stop a few times due to pain in his shoulders, he soldiered on as the crowds supported him.

He said: "I've not ran with the fridge since I ran in a charity run in Crete in early October last year.

"It's always brutal to the body, it's never what people think.

"It bashes you up something bad."

He paid tribute to the other runners, who he watched cross the finish line too.

"It's about celebrating everybody that's out today, giving people a pat on the back," he said.

He estimated the fridge would probably stay on his back for an hour or so after he finished, as he conducted interviews, chatted to the crowds and posed for selfies.

The ultra runner ran the entire length of Great Britain in 40 days, The Great North Run 30 times in 30 days, 67.1 miles in 24 hours and 44 miles in 12 hours on a treadmill, all carrying his Smeg fridge.

He was raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.