WATCH: Alex James takes on a marathon challenge!
He'll run the ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon on 7th April
Last updated 29th Apr 2019
When he's not keeping you company on weekend afternoons, Alex James can be found in Lycra running around the local park. At the start of the year he decided he'd take on the challenge of a lifetime and run 26 miles in the ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon.
The ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon is back on Sunday 7th April, Alex will be among the 20,000 runners taking to the streets on the UK flattest and fastest marathon course.
The mammoth task of running a marathon requires months of training and the correct gear to ensure Alex enjoys the experience and stays free of injury.
ASICS are helping Alex in the lead up to the marathon, their experts give him all the information he needs to ensure he's fulled for his race and training hard enough to make it all way round.
Alex headed to ASICS HQ in London where he was put through his paces and undertook loads of tests to find out more about his running style. Experts were on hand to decipher all the information gathered from the tests and kit him out with gear to help him run more efficiently and reduce his chance of injury.
Alex got the chance to meet his running coach Sarah Renshaw who set a training plan to ensure he stays on track in the coming weeks leading up to the ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon.
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