“And after 400 metres of the race the elite field always breaks away anyway, so as nice as it is to start with 40,000 people you’re often on your own after a little while anyway.” If you look at the elite field from 2019 and compare it to this year they are almost the same. Griffiths said: “It’s obviously going to be different to a normal London Marathon, but in terms of the elite field it’s very similar. While Griffiths accepts this year’s race will be a very different experience to his past performances in London in many ways, much will still be familiar. Then, at last year’s London Marathon, the self-coached Carmarthenshire runner posted a personal best of 2:14.25. That outstanding performance earned him a place on the Great Britain team at the World Athletics Championships marathon in the city later the same year. Swansea Harrier Griffiths has happy memories of marathon running in London having shocked the athletics’ world by emerging from the club running ranks to win the British title at the 2017 event. The quartet headed to London on Friday to join athletes from around the world in a biosecure bubble set up in a hotel in the capital, where they will stay until their respective races start on Sunday. Lining up on a closed loop course around St James’s Park will be Natasha Cockram, Charlie Hulson, Josh Griffiths and Dan Nash. With a mass participation Virgin Money London Marathon event out of the question this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions, elite men’s, women’s and wheelchair races will go ahead in the capital on Sunday. But there will be a Welsh flavour, too, all looking for fast times as Owen Morgan reports.įour Welsh athletes will take their places in arguably the greatest and most exclusive marathon fields ever assembled this Sunday. The field is small, elite, and will be running tight laps rather than a wide loop. A London Marathon like no other takes place on Sunday.
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