25 April 2025, 12:54

By Alice Young

For some it’s about beating their personal best and for others, it’s about raising thousands of pounds for charity.

For me, running the London Marathon was about taking on a huge personal challenge.

I never liked running at school. I would often be the one trying to get out of a PE lesson and would hide in the corner of the school field with friends to skip a lap in the cross country. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would one day be signing up to run a marathon.

Fast forward a few years and during a tricky time at university, I was given a social........

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