{"id":815908,"date":"2026-03-10T04:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/815908\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:54:17","slug":"southampton-woman-prepares-to-run-london-landmarks-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/815908\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton woman prepares to run London Landmarks Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Southampton woman is tackling a half marathon to raise awareness of chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">25-year-old Sophie is set to run the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since its inaugural run in 2018, the London Landmarks Half Marathon has grown rapidly into one of London&#8217;s most beloved springtime events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25902096.southampton-olympian-prepares-london-marathon-ramadan\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Southampton Olympian prepares for London Marathon during Ramadan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Southampton Olympian prepares for London Marathon during Ramadan&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Southampton Olympian prepares for London Marathon during Ramadan<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sophie is running the half marathon with added complications due to living with fibromyalgia,\u00a0a lifelong condition causing chronic pain and unpredictable flare-ups.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In preparation for the run, Sophie has been utilising an 18-week &#8220;fibro-friendly&#8221; training plan for the 13.1-mile challenge,\u00a0a gentle and flexible approach designed to work with her body rather than against it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She is running alongside her husband, who acts as her support runner and pacing partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Southampton woman is tackling a half marathon to raise awareness of chronic pain. 25-year-old Sophie is set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,55129,393,4884,27294,235167,257,16,15],"class_list":["post-815908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-chronic-pain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-half-marathon","tag-lifelong-condition","tag-london","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116203098131206815","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}