Stoke-on-Trent man claims fastest run across Iceland

Glen Baddeley took on the challenge in a Guinness World Record attempt

A Staffordshire man claims to have completed the fastest ever solo run across Iceland.

Glen Baddeley from Packmoor in Stoke-on-Trent ran 460 miles from the extreme north of Iceland to its southernmost tip.

The 51-year-old completed Project Iceman on 11 September in 10 days, 11 hours and 26 minutes.

"It was nature at its most extreme and it could be switched within hours," Mr Baddeley said.

"It was beautiful and brutal."

Mr Baddeley ran from a lighthouse in the north of the country to a lighthouse in the south

The ultrarunner said the weather would go from freezing temperatures with rain and hail, to "the sun being so low in the sky it would burn you within minutes".

The run began at Hraunhafnartangi lighthouse in the north and ended at Dyrholaey lighthouse in the south of the country.

Mr Baddeley said there was a faster time than his record, but it was completed by a pair.

"The advantage of a pair is that they can protect each other from the weather, and hide behind the strongest," Mr Baddeley said.

Mr Baddeley said the weather ranged from hail and freezing temperatures to extreme sunlight

Mr Baddeley, who has previously completed Ironman Triathlons, said he was "always on the lookout for his next personal challenge".

He works for the 2 Sisters Food Group and has raised about £11,000 for its charity arm, The Boparan Charitable Trust.

The trust supports children disadvantaged by disabilities, life-limiting illnesses and those in extreme poverty across the UK.

While Mr Baddeley rests up, he said his ankles were still "the size of elephants", but ensured BBC Radio Stoke, that this was pretty normal.

Glen Baddeley at the finish line, near Dyrholaey lighthouse