Utah may not be known for bananas, but Jordan Maddocks is changing that—a marathon at a time. On Monday at the 2025 Boston Marathon, Maddocks peeled through the course in 2:33:19, while sporting a Chiquita banana costume, to reclaim his Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a fruit.
The 38-year-old from Draper, Utah, was the fastest costumed runner at this year’s race, finishing 337th overall. Most importantly, he was two minutes ahead of the previous record (2:35:38) set last year at Boston by American trail runner Matthew Seidel.
Maddocks previously set the fruit mark in 2020 (2:41:27 in Phoenix) before it was lowered last year at Boston. “I was in shambles when I lost the title,” Maddocks said. “I had to come back and reclaim it, and Boston felt like the perfect place to do it.”
But the Boston Marathon was more than just a banana redemption arc—it was a personal victory for Maddocks after a long recovery to get back to feeling 100 per cent. “I was injured most of last year,” Maddocks said. “It just felt good to run stress-free and throw down something solid without pain. When I found out someone had taken my record, it also gave me something to chase.”
This isn’t Maddocks’ first shake with produce-powered distance running. He also holds the record for the fastest marathon dressed as a vegetable, clocking 2:44:12, dressed as a carrot, at the 2022 Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon
Maddocks initially chose to run in a banana suit to support his friend undergoing a double-lung transplant surgery in 2020. Now, he sees it as simply a fun way to run a marathon.
Besides setting Guinness World Records, Maddocks is a founder and coach at Twenty One Run, a running-focused training gym in South Jordan, Utah.
