PHOTO: EDDIE MA CDONALD WORDS: ELIZABETH HUFTON
Looking at our cover star Gemma Hockett – the image of a serious runner, with her lean, training-sculpted physique, ever-present sports watch and compression socks – it’s hard to picture her crossing the finish line of a 10K dressed as Father Christmas, chuffed to bits to have made it around the course in an hour. Yet Gemma has made the journey from first-time 10K runner to sub-three-hour marathoner, wiping an hour off her marathon time in a few short years, to become one of a select group of British women whose marathon times start with a two. Sounds impossible? Gemma’s message is clear: “I really believe anyone can do this. If you want it enough, you’ll find a way.”