The olympic torch - a new record?

I'm not a big fan of the olympic torch idea, I just can't get my head around people turning out to wave at someone in a white tracksuit and I don't really see the point. Even less all the mumbo jumbo of the 'lighting ceremony' in Greece, but when I heard it was coming to Ripon tomorrow I had a look at where it would start and finish and noticed that they had just finished filling all the potholes along that road.
As luck would have it, it starts right next to where we take Max and Min for a walk.
What I was wondering was, if I take Max down to the starting line and tell him to 'go fetch' just as the runner starts off, could we set a new world record for the fastest olympic flame handover?
Just a thought.