From deciding to try parkrun once - and then getting hooked on it - to completing a 35-mile ultra despite contracting Covid, Peter Vickers has fully embraced the world of running. 

At 55, he saw people running parkrun around Northampton’s Racecourse and decided to take part the next week - not long later he was running the London Marathon. 

In all, Peter has had to come back from three bouts of Covid - the first of which left him feeling he might die and which still sees him battling with his breathing at times. 

Along the way, he's raised money for a host of charities and made friends at every corner, aid station and finishing line of his many runs.

Running Tales spoke to him about everything from pacing at parkrun to his ultra endeavours… 

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