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Chris Finill, Harrow AC


5 mins after the finish of the first London Marathon in 1981

  Chris Finill
   
Age on day Year Time
22 1981 2:32:55
23 1982 2:41:36
24 1983 2:29:59
25 1984 2:36:19
26 1985 2:28:27
27 1986 2:31:00
28 1987 2:30:00
29 1988 2:34:15
30 1989 2:33:57
31 1990 2:32:59
32 1991 2:35:26
33 1992 2:36:16
34 1993 2:38:54
35 1994 2:37:29
36 1995 2:37:43
37 1996 2:40:44
38 1997 2:38:06
39 1998 2:57:56
40 1999 2:39:46
41 2000 2:40:33
42 2001 2:41:27
43 2002 2:55:02
44 2003 2:42:00
45 2004 2:44:10
46 2005 2:53:45
47 2006 2:48:25
48 2007 2:49:04
49 2008 2:48:18
50 2009 2:51:11
51 2010 2:52:05
52 2011 2:51:29
53 2012 2:50:32
54 2013 2:58:35
55 2014 3:10:14
56 2015 2:52:39
57 2016 2:56:05
58 2017 2:57:42
59 2018 3:54:07
60 2019 2:59:46
61 2020 3:13:00
62 2021 3:10:15
63 2022 3:01:18
64 2023 3:21:00
65 2024 3:07:55

2018 - In case anyone is wondering what happened to Chris Finill, he was tripped after 3.5 miles, fell badly,  broke his humerus (upper arm bone and not at all funny) in two places, stopped for 5 minutes for St John’s Ambulance people to strap him up and feed him pain killers and still finished under 4 hours!  Then in hospital until 11 p,m that night. 27-04-18

  • Has run sub 3 hours in 5 decades - 1970s to 2010s.
  • Represented England/ Great Britain 14 times at 100k or 24 hour ultra distance events.
  • 14th World 100k Championships, Taiwan, 2003.
  • Ran across America from California to New York in the Fall of 2011 in 79 days 22 hours.
  • Guinness World Record holder for consecutive sub 3 hour marathons - 33 at London, 1981 to 2013.


Chris took part in the trial for the Olympic marathon course - May 2011


He also ran across America... this was a particularly remote part of Nevada in September 2011

Watch the video of Chris's amazing performance...

Published on Sep 2, 2012

The 3000 Mile Men is a feature documentary covering the story of two British men, at the age of 52 and 45, as they attempt a life long dream. To run across the United States, covering over 3000 miles by foot. Having raised the money for the trip themselves, this may well be the only chance they will ever get to fulfil their dream.

A Film by Ben J Southern
(Director, Cinematographer and Editor)

Original Music Composed and Performed by Ben J Southern


Read the article on Chris that was published in Athletics Weekly 29 January 2009 - copyright Athletics weekly 4-02-09

 
 

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