A British astronaut wants to run the London Marathon while orbiting Earth

British astronaut Tim Peake won't be in London for the city's marathon this April. But he'll still try and get in his 26.2 miles — aboard the International Space Station. Peake, who ran the 1999 London Marathon the usual way, announced that he'll try to repeat his feat from space while harnessed onto a treadmill setup, complete with a video of the course on a screen ahead of him.

"The London Marathon is a worldwide event," Peake said in a video posted Thursday. "Let's take it out of this world."

Peake won't be the first to take on a marathon from space. Back in 2007, U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams ran the Boston Marathon while in orbit, the Los Angeles Times reports. Julie Kliegman

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