Winning a marathon takes a special type of elite sportsperson, willing to train their body and mind for years and run for two hours at a pace that most people can’t manage for more than forty seconds. But that’s only if you want to win outright, and as amateur-ish runner Richard Lee-Wright discovered, it’s possible to just win the first two hundred metres and still get your name in the papers – all without dressing up as a postbox. You just have to want it hard enough.
This is gold. Check out the dude in the blue. Sprinted at the start to lead the London Marathon. pic.twitter.com/IbQGxxvkkj
— Andy Rowe (@AndyRoweOnline) October 2, 2022
Determined to make good on a bet more than half a decade old, Lee-Wright has spent the last six years training and competing in multiple marathons, finally winning a qualifying time that enabled him to start with the group of professionals. After leading the pack for a respectable 20 seconds or so, Lee-Wright slowed down and rejoined the crowd, finishing with a respectable 3 hours 23 minutes on the clock.
Elsewhere on the course one runner took a few lifegiving sips of beer from a caring spectator…
While Big Ben was too big to cross the finish line…
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