Gina Little is a 77 year-young runner from Greenwich, London. A couple of weeks ago she became the oldest female runner to finish all six Abott World Marathon Majors and earned the six-star finisher medal.

(FYI: the Abbott World Marathon Majors is a series of six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City.)

Gina has run the Berlin Marathon 31 times and the London Marathon 38 times (the most ever by a British woman).

In 2021, she finished third in the 75 to 79 age category at the Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Championships.

She ran her Personal Best (3.26) at the age of 48.

So far, she has run 602 marathons and on December 3 you'll find her on the starting line of the Lanzarote International Marathon.

What we talk about:

- What inspired her to run her first London marathon in 1983

- What running and the running community mean to her

- Her fitness routine (sooo much more than running)

- Marathon number 600

- Her goals and dreams for the future

Huge THANK YOU to Gina Little for sharing her passion and running wisdom with me. 😌

She is not a big fan of social media, but you can find Gina (of course) on Strava.

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Bye for now, and enjoy English for the long run!

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