Farran Smith

Hi everyone my name's Farran and I started running in 2020 during lockdown. I always ran through school but hadn't been running for a good number of years and my fitness wasn't great. I joined the club in 2021 and started with beginners. I worked my way up but never ran any races as I didn't want any pressure on me. That soon changed after I was accepted into the London Marathon ballot in 2023 never having ran more than 10km! That's where my running journey properly begun and I've now ran 3 marathons and an ultramarathon, being lucky enough to run the amazing London marathon twice now. In 2024, I was fortunate enough to become a jog leader and have really enjoyed helping others on their running journey and giving back to the club. The club has been really supportive on my running journey and the advice I've received from fellow runners and jog leaders has been second to none.