Jersey Shore Kilt Run photos: more than 3,000 try to break Guinness record for world’s largest kilt race and raise money for Squan Strong, a Manasquan- based community group that helps raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief.

In order to break the Guinness record for world’s largest kilt race, he needed to sign up 2,000 participants, intrepid runners and walkers willing to trek 2 miles through Manasquan in wool skirts.