Helen is a familiar face at the Brighton Marathon
How did you get into running?
I discovered running in my mid 20s. I was renting and I couldn’t afford the gym, so I started running because it was free and accessible. I carried on until a friend persuaded me to do a 10K in 2003. I finished third lady and was like ,“Okay, I can do this!”
In 2006, I did my first marathon in 2.56 mins and two years later, I ran it in 2.47 and was selected for Team England. That lead to being selected for GB in the 2010 European Champs and the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Within six months of my second child being born, I was doing a 10K again in around 35 minutes, and the progression started again. I did the Brighton Marathon in 2017 and won it with a time of 2.42. Then I ran it in 2.38 the following year, and was selected for England again, 10 years after my first selection! In 2019, I ran 2.35 in Brighton and got selected for British Athletics to represent Team GB at the World 50K Championships where I was a silver medallist.
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