Celebrities running the London Marathon 2018 – Chris Evans, Davinia Taylor, Gordon Ramsay, Katie Price and plenty more



22nd April 2018, 2:45 pm

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AMONG the 40,000 runners taking part in the London Marathon 2018 today will be one or two famous faces.


Let's take a look at some of the big names from the world of showbiz running the 26.2 mile race this Sunday.



Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans is running his fourth London Marathon on behalf of Children in Need
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Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans is running his fourth London Marathon on behalf of Children in Need

Which celebrities are taking part in the 2018 London Marathon?




  • Katie Price - the glamour model is running in her second marathon dressed as a lung on behalf of the British Lung Foundation after her mum was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.


  • Gordon Ramsay - the firebrand chef is a seasoned marathon runner, having run more than a dozen. Glasgow-born Gordon is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.


  • Davinia Taylor - Hollyoaks actress and former party girl Davinia is running on behalf of mental health charity Mind.


  • Chris Evans - flame-haired broadcaster and Radio 2 star Chris is running his fourth marathon while raising money for Children in Need.


  • Iwan Thomas - despite being a seasoned athlete, former Olympic 400m runner Ewan is running his first ever marathon representing Macmillan Cancer Support.


  • Charlie Webster - the Sky Sports news presenter is running on behalf of Malaria No More after she contracted the potentially deadly disease while cycling through Brazil during the 2016 Olympics.


  • Caitriona Balfe - the Golden Globe-nominated actress, whose credits include hit TV show Outlander, is raising money for World Child Cancer in her first marathon.


  • Joel Dommett - I'm A Celeb presenter Joel is running on behalf of Teenage Cancer Trust


  • Jack Ashton - Call the Midwife actor Jack is raising cash for mental health charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) which is aiming to bring down the rate of male suicide.


  • Selasi Gbormittah - after wowing viewers on last season's Great British Bake Off, talented cook Selasi is running his first full marathon on behalf of World Vision which is an Evangelical Christian aid charity.


  • Scott Mills - Radio 1 DJ Scott is representing mental health charity Heads Together a campaign which was launched by Princes William and Harry.


  • Rochelle Humes - Saturdays singer Rochelle is also helping raise cash for Teenage Cancer Trust.


What charities are being represented?


Some of the most popular charities this year are mental health organisations such as Mind, Heads Together and male suicide group Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).


Charities which are focused towards young people are also popular.



These include Children In Need, Teenage Cancer Trust, World Child Cancer and Great Ormond Street Hospital.


Which celebrities have run the London marathon in the past?


The Clash frontman Joe Strummer, who reportedly was a champion runner while at school, ran the 1983 London Marathon while claiming in a magazine interview that he drank "10 pints of beer" the night before.


The punk rock icon, who recorded an impressive time of three hours and 20 minutes, also claimed to have not "run a single step at least four weeks before the race."


Late reality star Jade Goody was another who didn't put in the hours before the race and ended up dropping out after 21 miles in 2006.



The Big Brother legend, who sadly passed away from cancer in 2009 aged 27, said after the race: "I've never done anything so hard in all my life."



One of this year's runners Gordon Ramsay once ran the London Marathon ten years in a row culminating in 2009.


Game of Thrones actress Margaery Tyrell is another athletically-gifted celeb having run the 2016 race in three hours, 51 minutes and 21 seconds.


However, the star said she was a "tiny bit peeved" at that impressive time having run 24 seconds faster at the event in 2014.



 



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AMONG the 40,000 runners taking part in the London Marathon 2018 today will be one or two famous faces.


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