Yorkshire Marathon

As a sole event in my Autumn calendar I had earmarked this for some serious training and even attempt getting close to a PB effort. I had run the Yorkshire Marathon last year and really enjoyed the course, organisation and friendly supporters. Having family with good local knowledge meant they could navigate the route to …

Highbury Fields Park Runner

Plant based runner Alex’s first parkrun was back in 2016 – on his birthday! Unsure of how many people would show up at 9am on a Saturday morning at Highbury Fields, he ran with a field of over 170. Since then he has completed 85 parkruns across five locations, including as far away as Warrnambool …

London to Brighton 100K

Alex recently completed a very impressive 100km run from London to Brighton to raise both awareness and donations for OMS. The idea for running London-Brighton was conceived after the London Marathon, scheduled for 26th April, was postponed. I had been fortunate enough to get a place and had started to receive donations to OMS so I …

Athens Marathon

After successfully completing his challenge, Alex tells us about the experience and reveals just how much he raised.Earlier this year we announced that Alex Tsirigotis would be running the Athens Marathon to raise awareness and funds for Overcoming MS. After successfully completing his challenge and raising £15,000 in funds, Alex writes about his experience with …