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WATCH: Man runs 20 hours a day for a week – for more than 800km, on a treadmill – to break a world record

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Jamie McDonald, 32, has broken the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance covered in a week on a treadmill.

He spent seven days in a tent in his home city of Gloucester, running more than 20 hours a day to beat the previous record of 513.97 miles (around 827km).

Image credit: PA

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