British athletes
There were a number of good performances by GB athletes at the London Marathon, including;
Men
10 Mohamed Mohamed 2:06:14
11 Patrick Dever 2:06.18
13 Great Ghebresilasie 2:06.59
14 Jack Rowe 2:07.47
16 Philip Sesseman 2:08:41
Women
7 Elish McColgan 2:24.51
8 Julia Paternain 2:25:47
9 Rose Harvey 2:26:14
12 Jess Warner Judd 2:29:28
I know Julia Paternein is indeed Uruguayan, but she grew up in the UK and ran the London Mini-Marathon in her youth.
(Here’s our interview with Julia Paternein about the bronze medalist in the Tokyo marathon. https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/01/socialing-the-distance-julia-paternain-saucony-sponsored-athlete-bronze-medalist-in-the-2025-tokyo-world-championships.html?swcfpc=1)
Mohamed Mohamed “It’s very important to me to be the best of the British runners. I’m very proud, surprised and happy to win the title today, especially after the pressure of last year. I am privileged to be in a strong group of runners who were still running 35-30mm.
The conditions were perfect for me today. I was running a controlled race. The timing was better this year as I had three to four weeks to recover from the Ramadan fast, compared to just one week last year. I am very proud to race with Sab (Sabastyan) Save and share some distance with him. I want to go faster. Mo Farah’s British record is a target for me next year, but today was a good day of running for me.”
Patrick Dever “I had a great paceman in Alex (Yee) so I was able to focus and keep the pace right. I started cramping at 35K and had to slow down for about 20 minutes, but then I got my pace right. I’m more than a little disappointed I’m not British first.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Philip Seseman, “I really struggled through 23K and then I felt the pace. I am extremely disappointed with my time today. I was aiming for 2:06 and I did 2:08 and that’s a big gap at this level.”
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Elish McColgan “Not long after the halfway mark, I had a really bad blister in my leg. It sounds weird, but the only way I can explain it is that I felt like my leg just exploded. It was obviously quite painful and it freaked me out a bit. Yes, I felt like my leg was a bit funny. “It’s a long way to get to 26.2″ then it also started to hurt in different areas and my knee started to go up but I just thought. Blood So yeah, it’s just disappointing, a little bit disappointing to have the same time as I did last year on my debut.”
Rose Harvey “It was a bit of a difficult day. I got a cramp at about 25K and it put me off a bit. But as always, it was a great day and the crowd was just incredible. It really helps when you have a solo race like the London Marathon. A lot of women run the second half, so I run the second half backwards. A bit of a build up and to be honest in January I didn’t really think I was going to line up for the marathon, I was so desperate not to miss London, so it’s just a bonus that I’m healthy and able to do another year and it’s my sixth round.
Jess Warner-Judd then he did not talk to the media. It should be noted that it was a husband and wife marathon. Rob Warner Judd 02:28:16; Jess Warner Judd 2:29:28.
