How couple ran balcony marathon to beat virus lockdown

Collin Allin and his wife after running marathon on their balcony. [Reuters]

A South African couple, who ran a marathon on the balcony of their Dubai apartment, streaming it online, plan to take the project global to help people shake off the coronavirus blues.

Collin Allin, 41, and wife Hilda covered the 42.2-kilometre (26-mile) distance by running more than 2,100 laps of their 20-metre (yard) long balcony from dawn on Saturday.