First Time Runners Club

Here's a chance to share all of those anxieties, breakthroughs and experiences that all first-time marathon runners go through. Join our First Time Runners Club and get talking with people in exactly the same boat as you! Our Buddy System helps you tap into the experience gained by our previous First Timers. You'll also receive information tailored to your training needs as a First Timer in your support pack

Buddy System

You can now benefit directly from the experience of one of our previous Flora London Marathon First Timers through our Buddy System .

Email hospicerunners@helpthehospices.org.uk entitling your message "First Timer Buddy System". We will then link you up with one of our former novice runners who can now talk a good Marathon as well as run one. Hopefully they'll be able to give you some priceless tips as you prepare for your first Marathon , and tell you how they went from Marathon First Timer to Marathon Expert