Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee to run London Marathon in 2025
The Paris 2024 men's triathlon gold medallist will compete in his first professional marathon in London on 27 April 2025.
Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee will run in the London Marathon in April 2025.
Fresh off the back of his gold medal performance at Paris 2024, the reigning Olympic and world champion will compete in his first professional marathon in his hometown.
Yee told the Guardian, “I want to give it a real go. I know it’s a challenge doing it in a six-month window. But if the planets align, I’d love to run in the ballpark of 2 hours 7 [minutes] to 2:10. With running, I feel like I’ve never stopped scratching the itch.”
“The physiology is not going to be the biggest challenge – it’s the muscular endurance and the load that I’ll take throughout the marathon. The top guys are doing 120-mile weeks, week in, week out. But I’m not going to be able to match that. So how will my legs feel when I get to 35km and when everyone says the real race starts?”
Yee became the most successful triathlete in Olympic history when he won gold and bronze at Paris 2024, having also won two medals at Tokyo 2020 in 2021.
He concluded his 2024 season with a maiden world championship title, while he is also nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Yee continued, “I know there’s no easy way around a marathon. I’ve got to give the distance the respect it deserves, I’ve seen a lot of amazing athletes be humbled really quickly in their first marathon. I’m well aware that could be me. But I’m preparing the best I can, and hopefully I can be part of a historic day.”
The London Marathon 2025 takes place on 27 April 2025.
