100 Marathon Club

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100 Marathon Club
The Official 100 Marathon Club Logo.
Region served
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Chairman
Jo Yarnall
AffiliationsUK Athletics

The 100 Marathon Club or British 100 Marathon Club is a club for marathon and ultra marathon runners.[1] It has a membership that is primarily based in the UK,[2] but with additional members from outside Britain (e.g. France, Italy, Greece, etc).

The 100 Marathon Club is affiliated to UK Athletics.

History[]

The 100 Marathon Club was formed sometime in the late 1980s, early 1990s, by a group of U.K. Runners.

At the time, and in the words of Roger Biggs[3][4] - one of the former and longest served Chairpersons of the 100 Marathon Club and still active with running,

"...We kept bumping into each other at Marathons around the Country and we were telling each other what our totals were 40/50/60 Marathons. Then, one year, someone had 100 Marathons completed and we all said this call for a celebration and we were together; we decided to form a Club exclusively for 100 Marathoners, and what better name than the 100 Marathon Club."

Club Membership[]

The Club has two types of membership: Full and Associate. Full Membership is available to anyone who has run at least 100 Marathons or Ultra Marathons (ultras), whereas for Associate Membership, a runner only needs to have run at least 50 Marathons or Ultras.

On reaching their 100th Marathon, Associate Members in becoming Full Members, are also able to obtain a Commemorative Medal from the Club.

Club Activities[]

The 100 Marathon Club has an Annual Challenge Competition that is centred on members taking part in designated distance races within the UK and Ireland.

100 Marathon Club Notable Marathon Runners and Milestones Achieved[]

The 100 Marathon Club Membership includes many prolific marathon runners who have ran many more than 100 Official Marathons and have achieved Notable Milestones.

Some of these are:

  • Brian Mills [5] who completed his 1,000th Marathon in Longford on the 24th of August 2014 and his 1,300th Marathon in 2017. As of February 2022, he remains the highest verified Marathon Runner from the UK with over 1,400th Official Marathons.
  • Martin Bush, a Reading born Runner, [6] [7] who completed his 1,000th Marathon in 2019 in Lanzarote Marathon [8] is the second highest verified UK Official Marathon Runner.
  • Steve Edwards who became the first person in the world to run 500 marathons averaging under 3 hours and 30 minutes in 2010.[9] In 2021, he set a new World record by completing 900 marathons all under a time of three hours and 45 minutes.[10]
  • Collette O’Hagan a 67-year-old, who became the first woman in Ireland to run 400 marathons in June 2016.[11][12][13]
  • Dave and Linda Major, who in 2016, officially became the Guinness World Record Holders for a married couple who have completed the most Marathons together.[14] To this date, they have completed over 1,300th Marathons between them and have ran in over 70 Countries Worldwide.
  • Denys Baudry who in 2018 became the first French Marathon Runner to have completed over 500 Marathons.[15]

Website and Social Media: Marathon Resources and Advice[]

The 100 Marathon Club also has a group on Facebook.[16] and a website [17] with relevant information around Marathons in the U.K. and Overseas.

Club Kit[]

The kit colour is predominantly blue with yellow and includes the club logo on the front in yellow, green and red, and also on the back in just yellow.

Other 100 Marathon Clubs[]

There are other 100 Marathon Clubs outside the UK, unconnected with the British one, including:

References[]

  1. ^ "Runner's World UK article on 100 Marathon Club". Runner’s World UK. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. ^ "100 Marathon Club list of current members". 100 Marathon Club. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  3. ^ [1]"Inspiring Individuals: Roger Biggs, the man who has run 800 Marathons." Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  4. ^ [2]"What questions would you ask a 900+marathon runner?"Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/en/brian-mills-the-man-of-the-1106-marathons-at-last-ran-in-valencia/ "Brian Mills: The Man of the 1,106 Marathons in Valencia." Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  6. ^ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/15361866.martin-bush-has-conquered-marathons-all-over-the-world-and-has-only-missed-the-reading-half-marathon-twice/ "Martin Bush has conquered marathons all over the world and has only missed the Reading Half Marathon twice." Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  7. ^ https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/other-sport/marathon-man-martin-reaches-500-4302231 "Marathon man Martin reaches 500 milestone Reading Roadrunner and printer Martin Bush completed his 500th full marathon when he finished the Palma, Majorca Marathon recently." Get Reading. Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  8. ^ [3] "Double Trouble. Our Lanzarote & Malaga Marathon Double, Dec 2019." Reading RoadRunners. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Cotswolds News article on Steve Edwards' 500 marathons". Cotswold News. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  10. ^ [4] "Moreton marathon man Steve Edwards completes 900th Race." Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  11. ^ [5] "Far From Running on Empty". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. ^ http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/granny-with-a-goal-29667545.html "Granny with a Goal". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 02 December 2016.
  13. ^ http://www.irishmirror.ie/lifestyle/health/irishwoman-set-complete-400th-marathon-8311626 "Irishwoman set to complete 400th marathon in July". The Irish Mirror. Retrieved 02 December 2016.
  14. ^ https://www.royalgazette.com/archive/article/20160109/most-marathons-by-a-married-couple/ "Most marathons by a married couple." Retrieved 3rd of February 2022.
  15. ^ "Vegan Runner becomes First Frenchman to have ran over 500 Marathons".Vegan Runners 02 February 2022.
  16. ^ "100 Marathon Club on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  17. ^ https://www.100marathonclub.org.uk/ "100 Marathon Club Official Website." Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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