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Journeyman John Collins
The Metro Marathon Challenge
Words: Tom Ransley / Photography: Benedict Tufnell
After the intense culmination of five hard years, most Tokyo 2020 Olympians have put their feet up to enjoy a wellearned break.
Not John Collins. The two-time Team GB Olympian began training for the Metro Marathon Challenge.
The brainchild of psychologist Dr Kevin Dutton, the Metro Marathon Challenge is a two-week suffer-fest, demanding entrants navigate all 317 London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations by foot, sleep rough each night, and then run the London Marathon.