{"id":23024,"date":"2026-04-27T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/23024\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:47:11","slug":"these-celebrities-ran-the-2026-london-marathon-heres-how-they-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/23024\/","title":{"rendered":"These celebrities ran the 2026 London Marathon \u2013 here\u2019s how they did"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taking to the streets of London to chase a PB or raise money for charity isn\u2019t just for the masses \u2013 celebrities love it too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Below is the current list of famous faces who ran the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.runnersworld.com\/uk\/training\/marathon\/a761803\/supporters-guide-to-the-virgin-london-marathon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:2026 London Marathon;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2026 London Marathon<\/a>, along with their finish times (plus any previous bests).<\/p>\n<p>All the celebrities who ran the 2026 London Marathon \u2013 and their finish times<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cynthia Erivo \u2013 In a recent interview with <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/running\/a70891824\/cynthia-erivo-marathon-fitness-routine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Women\u2019s Health;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Women\u2019s Health<\/a>, she said she had her sights set on a new PB \u2013 and the Wicked star delivered, running 3:21:40 at the 2026 London Marathon. That\u2019s almost 14 minutes faster than her 2022 time. She\u2019s also raising money for The King\u2019s Trust and the Shameless Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James Norton completed the 2026 London Marathon in an impressive 4:29:04. It was the actor\u2019s first marathon, and he was raising money for BreakthroughT1D.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry Judd, no stranger to the marathon, ran a superb new PB of 3:05:25. That recent sub-20 5K PB in training clearly paid off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/running\/a70893598\/daddy-pig-london-marathon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Daddy Pig;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Daddy Pig<\/a> (yes, the cartoon character) ran the London Marathon this year to raise money for the National Deaf Children\u2019s Society. Although his previous PB is unknown, he still clocked 5:51:53.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sir Ben Ainslie \u2013 The most successful sailor in Olympic history put it to good use, finishing in 4:13:04.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aimee Fuller, Olympian and TV presenter, previously ran 3:48:04 at the 2024 London Marathon \u2013 but in 2026 she set a new PB of 3:36:48. She recently ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon with her mum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/running\/a71038082\/alexandra-burke-marathon-training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Alexandra Burke;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alexandra Burke<\/a> recorded one of the biggest PB improvements of the day, cutting her time from 6:29:18 to 4:25:03 \u2013 more than two hours faster. She is raising money for Parkinson\u2019s UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">John Robins, the comedian, ran the race in 4:48:08 while raising money for Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Joe Wicks was back at the London Marathon, this time running alongside Daddy Pig \u2013 and crossed the finish line just one second behind him in 5:51:54.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bryony Gordon once again took to the streets of London in her underwear (for a very good reason, as she explains), raising money for the Bowelbabe Fund and Cancer Research UK. She finished in 5:56:36.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities who ran the London Marathon for the first time<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nikita Kuzmin completed the 2026 London Marathon in 4:19:17. The professional dancer and Strictly star is raising money for Diabetes UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tony Adams, Arsenal and England footballing legend, finished in 6:21:17. The former England captain was running to raise money for The Forward Trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/a61476933\/laura-kenny-july-2024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Dame Laura Kenny;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dame Laura Kenny<\/a>, an Olympic cycling legend, made her London Marathon debut and impressed with a time of 3:45:05, while fundraising for The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sebastian Vettel saw retirement from F1 as the perfect opportunity to take on a marathon \u2013 and proved he\u2019s still got speed, finishing in 2:59:08.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sir Anthony \u2018AP\u2019 McCoy ran his first London Marathon to raise money for the Matt Hampson Foundation, which supports injured jockey Graham Lee following a spinal injury. He finished in a strong 4:50:47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry Clark, The Traitors winner, ran 4:38:34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taking to the streets of London to chase a PB or raise money for charity isn\u2019t just for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27,1317,10380,10381,10382,8980],"class_list":{"0":"post-23024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-london","9":"tag-london-marathon","10":"tag-pb","11":"tag-raising-money","12":"tag-sir-ben-ainslie","13":"tag-streets-of-london"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116476041133496675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}