Chris Finill is a 63 year-old runner from the UK.

He’s actually quite a celebrity because he is one of the 7 men who have run all 41 London Marathons since its inception in 1981.

Those seven men are members of the Ever Present club and are now between 63 and 88 years old.

Chris also holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive editions of the same marathon completed in less than 3 hours. He ran 33 years in a row a sub three London marathon.

He’s also an ultrarunner and a USA crosser.

Right now Chris is training for his 42nd London Marathon.

What We Talk About:

- What it means to be an Ever Present

- His Guinness World Record

- His life-changing experience of crossing the USA on foot in 2011

- The Bob Graham round

- His running memorabilia

More info:

Facebook page of the Ever Present: http://www.everpresent.org.uk/

Great video of the Ever Presents at the 40th Anniversary of London: https://www.facebook.com/LondonMarathon/videos/875229886281621/

Documentary The 3000 mile men: The 3000 Mile Men (feature length documentary) by Ben J Southern

Big Thank You to Chris Finill for sharing his love for the run with me! 😊

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