It came true in a way the Bathurst teenager would never have imagined - in his home, on rollers, using Zoom web conferencing.

With the wheelchair racing community amongst those athletes not able to compete as usual given the coronavirus pandemic, the idea was born to contest the iconic marathon on Zoom.

American star Daniel Romanchuk - who won at Boston last year - organised the event and it ended up attracting more than 60 athletes from across the world.

Holmes, the teenager nicknamed Rooster who had his first race less than 12 months ago, was one of them.

He only found out about it at 9pm on Monday night and just over two hours later he was tackling a virtual course of the race which he so admires Fearnley and Sauvage for having conquered.

"When I told Rooster about it he said' I'm not going to be able to do 42 kilometres, that's ridiculous'," his mother Tanya Holmes said.

"But we registered for it, they sent us the Zoom link so we could log in at 10.30pm with everyone else for it.

"It was just amazing, it wasn't about competing or who's going to win, at the end of the day it was just about that comradeship of doing something together and making sure everyone was doing okay."

The race set up used for the virtual marathon was based on the current wheelchair record for Boston - one hour, 18 minutes and four seconds.

Those who took part in the virtual marathon had that time frame to push as far as they could.

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Both Waryk Holmes and his mother had not expected he would be able to last for that long, but the talented teenager displayed the sort of determination his idols were renowned for.

In his new chair he not only hung in there, but he more than doubled the distance of his previous longest race.

"I was thinking I'd reach about half way, so nearly 21 kays. But it ended up being 30.4 kays in total that I did," he said.

"It's the longest distance I've ever done in my chair.

"My arms were fine, because of the position we're in it was mainly my back and hips that were sore.

"I felt amazing and pretty happy that I was able to do it during these times. Also just being able to race is good.

"This is something I will forever remember and I cant wait to one day do the real thing."

Tanya Holmes, who watched on as her son rose to the challenge, said it was not always easy.

But with others there to spur him on - the field included the likes of 10-times Boston winner Ernst Van Dyk and nine-times World Champion Marcel Hug - Holmes did not quit.

"It wasn't like he'd been doing marathon training, 10 kays is usually a pretty easy push for Waryk on good surfaces, so I thought he could push 10-15 kays on the rollers," Tanya Holmes said.

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"I think because they were all there together and because they could all see each other, that was the driving force for him to keep going.

"He looked at me a couple of times very beetroot in the face, but I just said 'Keep going mate, you're good, you've got this.'

"Then the next thing you know Daniel's Mum said that it was time to sprint because it was five miles to the finish line. I looked at Waryk and said 'Mate, you're almost there'. It was an amazing thing to have done because it's part of history."

The Bathurst teen now has another virtual marathon on his hit list.

"I'm going to give London a crack and I'm also going to try and get a couple of my other friends who do racing join in as well," he said.