{"id":23198,"date":"2026-04-27T12:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/23198\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:56:21","slug":"these-celebrities-ran-the-london-marathon-2026-heres-how-they-got-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/23198\/","title":{"rendered":"These Celebrities Ran the London Marathon 2026 \u2013 Here\u2019s How They Got On"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking to the streets of London to chase PBs or raise money for charity isn\u2019t just for everyday runners \u2013 plenty of celebrities get involved, too.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of famous faces who ran the 2026 London Marathon<\/a>, along with their finish times (plus any notable previous performances).<\/p>\n

Celebrities Who Ran the London Marathon 2026\"cynthia<\/p>\n

Andrew Baker for London Marathon Events<\/p>\n

Cynthia Erivo set her sights on a new PB ahead of the race \u2013 and delivered, running 3:21:40. 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

James Norton<\/a> completed his first marathon in an impressive 4:29:04, raising money for BreakthroughT1D.<\/p>\n

Harry Judd<\/a>, no stranger to the marathon, had a standout run with a new PB of 3:05:25 \u2013 with his recent sub-20 5K form clearly paying off.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Baker for London Marathon Events<\/p>\n

Ben Shephard<\/a> returned to marathon running after being advised to stop due to back issues. After focusing on strength and conditioning, he finished in 3:29:53.<\/p>\n

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Shaun Brooks for London Marathon Events<\/p>\n

Daddy Pig (yes, the cartoon character) took on the marathon to raise money for the National Deaf Children\u2019s Society. Despite no known PB, he crossed the line in 5:51:53.<\/p>\n

Joe Wicks<\/a> also returned to the London Marathon, running alongside Daddy Pig and finishing just one second later in 5:51:54.<\/p>\n

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Jason Ludlow for London Marathon Events for London Marathon Events<\/p>\n

Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, put his training into practice with a finish time of 4:13:04.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Baker for London Marathon Events<\/p>\n

Aimee Fuller, Olympian and TV presenter, improved on her 2024 time to set a new PB of 3:36:48.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Burke recorded one of the biggest PB improvements of the day, cutting her time from 6:29:18 to 4:25:03 \u2013 a reduction of over two hours. She is raising money for Parkinson\u2019s UK.<\/p>\n

John Robins ran in support of Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse, finishing in 4:48:08.<\/p>\n

Bryony Gordon took on the race once again in her underwear to raise money for the Bowelbabe Fund and Cancer Research UK, finishing in 5:56:36.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Baker for London Marathon Events<\/p>\n

Sophie Raworth ran alongside her daughter, with the pair finishing in 3:36:35.<\/p>\n

Nikita Kuzmin, the Strictly Come Dancing star, completed the race in 4:19:17 while raising money for Diabetes UK.<\/p>\n

Tony Adams, Arsenal and England legend, finished in 6:21:17, supporting The Forward Trust.<\/p>\n

Dame Laura Kenny, Olympic cycling legend, made her marathon debut with an impressive 3:45:05, fundraising for The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust.<\/p>\n

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Karwai Tang – Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sebastian Vettel<\/a> took on the marathon following his retirement from Formula 1, finishing in a sub-three-hour time of 2:59:08.<\/p>\n

Sir Anthony \u2018AP\u2019 McCoy ran his first marathon in support of the Matt Hampson Foundation, finishing in 4:50:47.<\/p>\n

Harry Clark, winner of The Traitors, completed the race in 4:38:34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taking to the streets of London to chase PBs or raise money for charity isn\u2019t just for everyday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[10484,27,1317,10380,10381],"class_list":{"0":"post-23198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-andrew-baker","9":"tag-london","10":"tag-london-marathon","11":"tag-pb","12":"tag-raising-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116476784304109992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23198","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=23198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}