Several months ago in one of the Facebook groups I'm part of, I answered a question along the lines of "what sorts of goals are out there to keep this interesting, for someone who is feeling a bit detached from running?" with the suggestion that they try for a Guinness World Record.
The runner got very energized by that suggestion, and went off to the races with it, as it were.
Over the several weeks/months intervening, she would occasionally ping me to let me know about her progress both in choosing her costume/attempt and with additional questions, mostly related to how best to document everything, given that she will be running in a marathon that does not currently have a relationship with Guinness where she could avail herself of their services for free.
She just pinged me earlier because of one item that wasn't very well laid out -- what was needed to document the weight of an item she'll be carrying on her attempt. And it's just two weeks away.
I related what Guinness used during my first attempt in London, and she was able to find something online that should do the trick. Just make sure her witnesses are the ones who do the weighing and attest to it, and maybe do a calibration weighing first to help convince Guinness of the accuracy of the scale - should be fine. But it's so close, there's no guarantee that Guinness would wind up replying in time prior to her record attempt. Gonna have to wing it and trust that this will be sufficient. Still... it's kinda unnerving not knowing if the documentation will be sufficient, even though the training has been such that there's no worry about being able to complete the run in the needed time.
Good luck!
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