EastEnders actors, Emma Barton and Jamie Borthwick will run the London
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The London Marathon returns on Sunday, with the 44th edition of the capitals most popular race taking place around the city.
Running a slightly different type of race, a record number of UK MPs and peers entered the London marathon this year.
James Riley had thought himself physically incapable of running again when diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Almost 10 years later, Mr Riley heard about the inaugural Ballarat Marathon running festival and could hardly help but to try testing out a run. The Ballarat 42-year-old has just run his first marathon in more than a decade, finishing in five hours and 12 minutes. "I was just proud to be on the starting line, let along crossing the finishing line," Mr Riley said. "It was definitely a...
Sunderland runner Les Arnott’s feet were killing him - the day after the London Marathon. But the keen athlete wasn’t feeling the effects of the 1991 run. He never got to take part after a motorbike ran over his toe on the eve of the race. Les was club secretary of Sunderland Harriers when he was in London in 1991. He was staying with team members at a hotel in Hampstead. To calm his nerves, he decided to pop out for a fish supper, but had his chips when he tried to cross a busy road. A bike...
A record number of people have run in the London Marathon, including celebrities, politicians and people in costume.
A man who had to learn to walk again after being in a coma for three and a half weeks is training to run the London Marathon.
A record number of people ran in the London Marathon on Sunday, including politicians, actors in character and amateurs in costume.
Comedian Joel Dommett has said he had to “dig deep” in order to finish the London Marathon while dressed in the Piranha costume from The Masked Singer.
A man who ran the length of Africa has completed his latest challenge –
British pair Emile Cairess and Mahamed Mahamed produced blistering London Marathons to book their Team GB spots for the Paris 2024 Olympics.