Here’s How the Celebrities Ran at the 2025 London Marathon
One celeb fainted at mile 17 and found himself inside an ambulance—but still finished!
What a day it was on Sunday—albeit warm—for the 2025 London Marathon. The race ended up being the largest marathon ever with 56,640 runners crossing the finish line. You may have noticed a face or two in the crowd. A number of celebrities—mostly from the U.K.—took to the streets of the London for 26.2.
Here’s how the celebs performed at the London Marathon.
Romesh Ranganathan (6:02:28)
Award-winning comedian, TV presenter, and Runner’s World UK cover star Romesh Ranganathan was back in 2025 and raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
He entered the race with a goal of running sub 5 hours, but the heat took its toll. That being said, he still took 30 minutes off his previous time and is close to raising over $130,000 for TCT, and we think that’s an amazing result.
Adele Roberts (3:36:15)
London was a big one this year for Adele Roberts, a British broadcaster and reality TV personality, as it was the final race of her Majors challenge, where she was attempting to run all six World Marathon Majors in a year raising money for Cancer Research U.K. and spoiler alert—she did it!
Jason Kenny (3:43:19)
The former professional cyclist, whose seven Olympic gold medals make him Britain’s most successful Olympian of all time, said that he had “completely fallen in love with [running]” ahead of the marathon and was running the event to raise money for Tour de 4, the charity set up by his former teammate Sir Chris Hoy, following his stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
Joe Wicks (5:54:59)
The Body Coach (AKA Joe Wicks) ran the London Marathon and before the race said, “I’m taking it nice and slow today myself. No time pressure at all.” That seemed a wise move in the heat.
He also spent some of Saturday doing some warm ups at the Mini Marathon.
Adam Woodyatt (5:17:23)
The actor, who has played EastEnders’ Ian Beale since 1985, ran the London Marathon in aid Alzheimers Research U.K.
Stephen Mangan (3:56:22)
The actor, writer, comedian, and presenter is no stranger to 26.2 miles and ran an impressive sub 4 time in the heat.
Spencer Matthews (3:07:25)
A TV star and no stranger to a running challenge, Spencer Matthews was aiming for sub-3 at the London Marathon, and only just missed out, clocking 3:07:25.
Explaining what he learned on the day, the former Made In Chelsea reality TV actor said, “I came out a little too hard and lost pace towards the end but learnt a lot from the experience and will be coming for that ‘Sub 3’ later this year.”
Harry Judd (3:15:20)
The McFly drummer was aiming for sub 3 this year (his PB is 3:14:37), but like many others on course, the heat took its toll.
He still finished with an impressive time, all the while raising money for The Children’s Trust.
Joel Dommett (6:03:27)
Proving that the marathon doesn’t care who you are (or if you've run dressed as a fish before), the Masked Singer host unfortunately fainted at mile 17 and found himself in an ambulance.
After a few hours of recovery, he got back on course and finished the race.
John Terry (5:00:43)
Former England soccer player and Chelsea captain was running to raise money for Rays of Sunshine, a charity that cares for seriously ill children across the UK..
Posting on Instagram, the former footballer said, “that is by far the TOUGHEST thing I have EVER done.”
Kelly Brook (6:42:20)
The TV presenter and former model ran with her husband, Jeremy Parisi.
Jen is Membership Director at Runner’s World, overseeing RW’s new membership programme, set to launch later this year. She has been with the brand for close to three years now – previously working as deputy digital editor, where she covered all manner of running topics, spanning training, health, injury, nutrition and gear. Over the years, she’s interviewed an abundance of awe-inspiring athletes, from top-tier ultrarunners and Olympic champions to everyday runners who have accomplished extraordinary things. Jen has been a sports journalist for 10 years; she is the former editor of Women’s Running magazine and has also worked as Sports Editor at Red Bull. She started running a decade ago and likes to dabble in triathlon a little, too. You’ll find she’s happiest plodding down the Thames path or chowing down on a post-run pastry.
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