1 week Ago By Kitty Chrisp
An injury has forced Mark Wright to pull out of Sunday’s London Marathon (Picture: Instagram/@wrighty_)Mark Wright is ‘heartbroken’ to announce that he has been forced to pull out of Sunday’s London Marathon.The TCS London Marathon will take place in the capital city on Sunday April 29, with the route starting in Greenwich, winding around the River Thames, before finishing at The Mall, the iconic stretch of road leading to Buckingham Palace. However the 38-year-old Towie star will not be joining the 56,000 runners at this year’s city-wide event, which will bring central London to a standstill.
Announcing he is ‘truly heartbroken’ not to be running on Sunday, Mark explained how he’s torn his soleus muscle in his calf. ‘I tore my soleus,’ he began in a video posted on social media. ‘It was quite mild at first and I thought it would be alright.
’He continued: ‘I hoped each week it would repair with the intense rehab I’ve been doing. He and Michelle Keegan welcomed their baby daughter Palma in March (Picture: @wrighty_ / @michkeegan)Mark shared the news on social media (Picture: Instagram/@wrighty_)The Towie star said he was ‘truly heartbroken’ not to be running on Sunday (Picture: Instagram/@wrighty_)‘Here we are two days before, and I can officially confirm I will not be taking part in this year’s TCS London Marathon.‘I am absolutely gutted.
So gutted, because if you know how hard it is to train for a marathon you’ll understand,’ he said. Explaining the gruelling training programme, he said: ‘It’s challenging, daunting. But you do it for such a good reason and that is to do the London Marathon.
Mark has been juggling marathon training with fatherhood (Picture: @wrighty_ / @michkeegan)‘The fact I can’t do it now is heartbreaking. I am truly heartbroken because I love doing it so much and I have to wait another year if I want to do it again.’ While Mark is clearly upset at the turn of events, he’s still going to be there on Sunday to DJ in Canary Wharf.
‘The buzz and energy around London is just incredible,’ he said of the event, the coverage for which will begin on BBC One at 8.30am on Sunday. Which celebrities are running the London Marathon 2025? Inspector George Gently star Lisa McGrillis, 42, is running to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation with her best friend Mary Cann after the death of Mary’s husband Nigel.
McFly drummer Harry Judd, 39, is running the London Marathon for the third time. Last year he completed the 26 miles in under three and a half hours. Comedian Romesh Ranganathan, 47, is running the London Marathon for the second year in a row.
He is raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust.X Factor star Alexandra Burke, 36, is running this year for Diabetes UK and the Melissa Bell Foundation, which she created in honour of her mother who died in 2017.Comedian Joel Dommett, 39, is running again this year after he dressed up in Danny Jones’ 8kg piranha costume.
Line of Duty star Craig Parkinson, 49, is set to run for The Samaritans. Model Kelly Brook, 45, is running with her husband Jeremy Parisi.EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt, 56, is taking part for Alzheimer’s Research UK, but admitted he hasn’t trained much.
Drag Race UK star Kitty Scott-Claus will run in memory of The Vivienne, real name was James Lee Williams, who died on January 5 at the age of 32.The Heart radio presenter, who just welcomed his first child Palma Elizabeth Wright with wife Michelle Keegan, also shared a picture capturing the moment the news was broken to him he would not be able to run the 26 miles. The image showed him lying on a hospital bed, with his leg being scanned, as he looked downcast.
‘Have to listen to professionals. Truly gutted,’ he said alongside the image. This comes as Michelle and Mark were pictured together on a night out after welcoming their daughter, with the Coronation Street actress wearing a glam black jumpsuit, and Mark sporting a smart tuxedo and bow tie.
Michelle and Mark enjoyed a swish night out recently (Picture: SplashNews.com)The couple enjoyed some romantic alone time after the arrival of Palma (Picture: SplashNews.com)Mark hinted in a chat with Metro that his marathon training has been more difficult this year (Picture: SplashNews.
com)Mark and Michelle have been together since December 2012 after they reportedly met backstage at The X Factor. On 24 May, 2015, they married.In a recent chat with Metro about how fatherhood and marathon prep are going a month after welcoming his daughter, Mark hinted his training wasn’t going well.
The TV star, who was teamed up with GetPRO to help him prepare for the big day, said: ‘It’s not great this year.‘I started late, I had an injury, and then had a baby, so obviously that took a lot of time. Last time I ran the marathon I was militant, so it’s just not been as good.
’Sunday’s route takes in some of London’s most iconic landmarks including a run over Tower Bridge through to the Canary Wharf skyscrapers, and west on the northern bank of the Thames Path past the Tower of London and Big Ben – with views of the London Eye on the Southbank – before striding through Whitehall for the final push. The race is the world’s largest annual one-day fundraising event, with more than £1.3bn raised since its 1981 beginnings.
The race will kick off at around 8.50am when the Elite Wheelchairs class sets off.Elite Women will follow at 9.
05am, with Elite Men at 9.35am.The mass event will then open for all other racers to set off between 9.
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