The Ever Presents are a group of people who have run the
London Marathon at each event since the
first event in 1981.
In 1995 the group was first recognised with 42 members. A person is considered to no longer be an Ever Present if they do not run the race in a given year. After the
2021 race, there were seven remaining members of the group.
The group's youngest member is Chris Finill who, from 1981 to 2013, completed every race in under 3 hours, earning a
Guinness World Record
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
for this consistent high performance.
Members
Original members
The group was first acknowledged in 1995 after the 15th marathon with 42 members who had run each event.
* — no longer a member
* — still a member
Current members
The following seven people ran and completed every London Marathon up to and including the most recent event (the
2021 London Marathon
The 2021 London Marathon was the 41st running of the annual London Marathon on 3 October 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was postponed from April until October to maximise the chances of a mass participation event.
The elite even ...
).
The
2020 London Marathon
The 2020 London Marathon was the 40th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on 4 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was postponed from 26 April and only allowed elite participants; th ...
was an elite-only event, with non-elite runners — including all ten then-Ever Presents — participating "virtually".
Kenneth Jones' participation in the 2021 event was also virtual.
References
Footnotes
External links
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{{London Marathon
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