Read the full post on BBC News. Dale Young, 66, was part way through the desert ultramarathon in 2019 but was forced to pull out.
Category: BBC News – Marathon
Bid to do half-marathons in different wheelchairs
Read the full post on BBC News. Les Hampton has to use a day wheelchair in London but is allowed his race wheelchair in Cheltenham.
Woman completes one of seven marathons for charity
Read the full post on BBC News. Verity Pitts runs the Sydney Marathon before working on an eight-hour flight to Singapore.
Woman with terminal cancer makes Ironman comeback
Read the full post on BBC News. Hannah Corne, from Leeds, completes an Ironman event a month after she was forced to pull out.
Woman to ‘chase the extraordinary’ after sepsis scare
Read the full post on BBC News. Verity Pitts is aiming to complete the challenge for charity during layovers from cabin crew shifts.
Fundraiser finishes seventh marathon in seven days
Read the full post on BBC News. James Hadley-Piggin raises more than £3,000 for a charity that raises awareness of neurodiversity.
‘I’m running a marathon in every city in England’
Read the full post on BBC News. Adam Rodriguez hopes to complete his 55-marathon challenge within a year.
Hardest Geezer completes relay run across Iceland
Read the full post on BBC News. Russ Cook is one of seven runners to run a combined 607km across Iceland in two days.
Marathons to help Paralympian ‘change perceptions’
Read the full post on BBC News. Richard Whitehead will to compete in the Isle of Man’s only marathon as part of a 20-race challenge.
Olympian proud of city run success
Read the full post on BBC News. Worcester City Runs returns on 13 and 14 September and will be “bigger than ever,” says Steve Cram.
10 marathons in 10 days success raises £10k
Read the full post on BBC News. Joe Wild completes the challenge in memory of friend Dan McAllister, who took his own life in 2015.
‘I might have one leg only, but I’m as good as anyone else’
Read the full post on BBC News. Athletes at The Sikh Games say 114-year-old marathon runner Fauja Singh continues to inspire them.
Joe’s 10 marathons in 10 days for friend’s memory
Read the full post on BBC News. Joe Wild will takes on 10 marathons in 10 days in memory of best pal who took his own life in 2015.
Ex-banker in run around Britain hits halfway point
Read the full post on BBC News. Steve James is aiming to become the first person aged over 60 to complete the feat.