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McFly drummer and Strictly Come Dancing Winner Harry Judd has several things in common with Styles: his name, UK pop stardom and being a keen (and quick) runner. Judd has run the London Marathon four times, clocking some very respectable times, including a PB of 3:14:37 in 2022.

Summer running gear sale Cynthia Erivo. The multi-award-winning British actress has enjoyed running since her student days at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has completed both the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon.

She ran the former in 2016 in a time of 3:57:07 and the latter in 2022 in 3:35:36. Achieving two sub-4:00 Actor Phil Dunster ran his first London Marathon in 2024 to fundraise for Another star we’ve seen take on incredible marathon challenges in recent years is.

In 2013, Baywatch star and SAG-nominated actress Pamela Anderson swapped the sand for the streets of New York to run her first marathon. Fundraising for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization, the ‘90s icon was well clear of the sub-6:00 mark, with a time of 5:41:03.

One of those people Winfrey inspired is American DJ and music producer Diplo – real name Thomas Wesley Pentz. Although he was only 16 years old at the time, Winfrey’s marathon effort clearly had a lasting effect on Pentz because his goal for the 2023 Los Angeles Marathon was to beat her time. Finishing in 3:55:16, Pentz was well clear. Oh, and one other thing – On March 2, Harry Styles swapped the sequins for running trainers specifically that he had run the race while on the psychedelic drug LSD. What happened to trying nothing new on race day?

The Princess of Wales’s younger sister, Pippa Middleton, has competed in several sports, including swimming, cycling and skiing, but she’s also completed two impressive marathons. In 2015, Middleton finished the Safaricom Marathon in Kenya – an ambitious choice for a first marathon – in 3:56:33, placing her as the seventh woman overall.

Then, in 2016, Middleton ran the Great Wall of China Marathon in 4:54:51 – a time made all the more impressive by the course’s challenging conditions, including 85-degree heat and an 820-foot climb.

Supermodel Karlie Kloss took on the New York City Marathon in 2017, which she completed in 4:41:49. At the time, she told her Instagram followers it was the hardest thing she had ever done, which makes her sub-5:00 finish even more impressive.

Alicia Keys joined nearly 50,000 runners through the "concrete jungle where dreams are made of" for the 2015 New York City Marathon. The race was the second attempt at 26.2 miles for the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and actress. Keys wrote in a blog post on Refinery29, "I'm all about breaking mental boundaries, and training for a marathon falls right into the Jedi mind-training I need." Another star we’ve seen take on incredible marathon challenges in recent years is for an organization she cofounded called Keep a Child Alive, which works to get HIV medications to children and families in Africa.

How I learned to embrace stopping on my runs a lot of marathons. In 2009, there were the 43 marathons in 51 days, and in 2016, Izzard ran 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa for Sport Relief. Then, in 2021 – obviously a fan of back-to-back marathons – she ran 32 marathons in 31 days on a treadmill, raising more than £200,000.

As part of the 2016 challenge, Izzard ran her quickest marathon in a very respectable time of 5:34, and she also managed to complete two marathons in under 12 hours to reach the end of the challenge. However, when you’re running this many marathons, we think PBs are probably the least of your concerns.

Another star we’ve seen take on incredible marathon challenges in recent years is mental health campaigner and former Made in Chelsea cast member Josh Patterson. In 2023, Patterson completed his ‘Run for 1 Million’ challenge in support of the charity Samaritans, On March 2, Harry Styles swapped the sequins for running trainers specifically.

Joining Izzard and Patterson in the consecutive marathon running is rugby union coach and former Leeds Rhinos rugby player Kevin Sinfield CBE. Ever since his good friend and former teammate Rob Burrow – who died in 2024 – was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), Sinfield has been running marathons to raise awareness of the condition.

Most recently, Sinfield completed his ‘pieces of running advice that you should ignore’ challenge, which saw him run from Liverpool to Wrexham – covering more than 50K each day – in seven days to raise £777,777 for MND charities. We aren’t even sure what his marathon PB is at this point, but like with Patterson and Izzard, we’re not sure it really matters.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is a seasoned (no pun intended) marathoner. As well as having more than 15 marathons under his belt, Ramsay has completed three ultra-marathons, three half-Ironmans and two Ironman World Championships. His marathon PB appears to be from 2004 – when he ran the London Marathon in 3:30:37.