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1 week ago | run247.com | Jonathan Turner

Just over a week ago Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee stood on the start line of the London Marathon and he admits the nerves and emotions were off the scale. That’s quite a statement given the high-pressure rollercoaster he’d negotiated the summer before when striking gold in the most dramatic style in an unforgettable men’s race in Paris.

2 weeks ago | run247.com | Graham Shaw

Alex Yee started Sunday’s 2025 London Marathon thinking that a personal best was his ultimate goal, but he finished the race with a very different one. The 27-year-old Olympic and World Triathlon champion created huge interest when he ‘crossed over’ into running for the first part of 2025, with Sunday’s London spectacular as his main target. His aim, he thought, was to run somewhere between 2:08 and 2:10 – pretty spectacular for a first attempt.

2 weeks ago | run247.com | Graham Shaw

Lindsey Burrow is already looking ahead to her next marathon adventure after running London on Sunday to raise money for charity in memory of her husband Rob. The former rugby league great was only 41 when he died in June 2024, five years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. But mum-of-three Lindsey, 42, says he was with her in spirit all the way round the London Marathon – and will be again when she runs another one in Leeds on May 11.

2 weeks ago | run247.com | Graham Shaw

Double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee finished on the podium at the iconic Three Peaks Race in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday. Billed as the ‘marathon with mountains’ it’s one of several challenges Brownlee is taking on in his first year since retiring from triathlon.

2 weeks ago | run247.com | Graham Shaw

It was not easy for Kelly Brook, but she fought through it to complete the 2025 London Marathon on Sunday. The popular radio presenter, TV presenter and model took on one of the biggest challenges of her life at the age of 45 as she signed up to take part alongside model husband Jeremy Parisi. Kelly spoke in interviews before the race about the pain she had endured during training for the big day, as she left no stone unturned in her bid to complete the 26.2-mile course.