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Ridgewood Firefighter Will Attempt World Record For Running A Mile In Full Gear

Brendan Corcoran will run in the annual Fred d'Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run Monday.

Brendan Corcoran will try and break the world record for running a mile in full firefighter gear at the Fred d’Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run Monday.

The current record is slightly less than 8 minutes.

“It’s kind of like running in somebody else’s body,” the Ridgewood firefighter told NorthJersey.com. “You’re not yourself. You have to apply things differently.”

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The annual Fred d’Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run will be held at Veterans Memorial Field.

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