Alex Milne and Anna Morris had been topped UK winners at this yr’s version of the Wings for Life World Run.
The pair, who had been working at Battersea Park in London, lined 62.2km and 44.7km respectively, earlier than being caught by the Wings for Life digital ‘Catcher Automotive’, voiced by Purple Bull athlete and Ironman world champion Lucy Charles-Barclay.
Round 3760 contributors within the UK took half within the occasion just about or by becoming a member of one of many in-person app run occasions held throughout the nation, together with Battersea Park, David Ross Sport Village in Nottingham and Phillips Park in Manchester.
Talking on her win at Wings for Life World Run in Battersea Park, Morris, 20, mentioned: “This was such an incredible expertise! The environment was good and the temperature was precisely the way it wanted to be. I got here to run with my buddies from College hoping to cowl a half marathon distance, however ended up working my first ever marathon distance and extra!”
Purple Bull Wings For Life (Purple Bull/Mark Roe)
Milne, 34, added: “I’ve been that means to do Wings for Life World Run for a very long time, so I’m happy to have taken half this yr and competed in opposition to runners from the world over. It was a singular however powerful expertise.”
The worldwide winners had been Dominka Stelmach and Tomoya Watanabe, masking a complete of 55km in Poland and 70.09km in Japan respectively.
There have been 265,827 individuals who took half around the globe this yr, elevating a file €8.1m in help of spinal twine analysis.
Purple Bull Wings For Life (Purple Bull/Mark Roe)
Spanning 192 nationalities and 158 nations, contributors ran, walked or rolled to maintain forward of the Catcher Automotive.
Because the Wings for Life World Run began a decade in the past, a complete of €51.93 million has been raised, courtesy of the truth that an incredible 1,559,543 individuals have taken half.
Entry to the twelfth version of Wings for Life World Run 2025 is now open right here.
For full particulars on the Wings for Life World Run outcomes, go to right here.
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