London Marathon Ever Presents

The "Ever Presents" is a group of people to have run the London Marathon at each event since the first event in 1981.[1][2][3] As of the 2019 race, there are 10 members of the group.

Ever Presents

Formation	c. April 20, 1996
Membership	Runners of all London Marathons since 1981
Affiliations	London Marathon
Website	www.everpresent.org.uk

Members

Original members

The group was first acknowledged in 1995 after the 15th marathon with 42 members who had run each event.[4][5]

Number	Name	Club	Age in 1981	Time in 1981	Final race[nb 1]
1	Christopher Adams	Orion Harriers	38	02:49:37	2002
2	Alastair Aitken	Highgate Harriers	41	02:53:01	1999
3	Jeff Aston	Les Croupiers	33	02:49:53	Ever-present
4	Geoffrey Balfour	Huncote Harriers	31	02:45:00	2000
5	Reginald Brown	SLH	49	03:07:38	2000
6	Reginald Burbidge	Highgate Harriers	55	03:54:17	2007
7	Rainer Burchett	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers	41	02:58:30	2011
8	Harold Chadwick	Bournemouth /TH&H	34	02:24:10	1996
9	David Clark	Newbury AC	45	02:53:55	2010
10	Charles Cousens	Vale of Aylesbury	38	02:58:13	Ever-present
11	Patrick Dobbs	Thurrock Harriers	42	02:41:37	2014
12	Erik Falck-Therkelsen	Woking AC	40	02:59:59	2001
13	David Fereday	Barnet & District	42	03:13:55	2014
14	Chris Finill	Harrow AC	22	02:32:55	Ever-present
15	Derek Fisher	Newport Harriers	45	02:56:22	2004
16	Jeffrey Gordon	Thames H&H	47	03:13:42	2013
17	Peter Greenwood	Canterbury Harriers AC	38	02:46:53	2002
18	John Hanscombe	Ranelagh Harriers	45	02:54:29	2008
19	Jan Hildreth	Thames H&H	48	03:25:37	2005
20	Raymond Johnson	Kimberley & Dist. Striders	48	03:11:00	2006
21	Kenneth Jones	Orion Harriers	47	03:18:37	Ever-present
22	Max Jones	Birchfield Harriers	53	03:51:52	2002
23	John Legge	Orion Harriers	50	03:02:35	2000
24	Roger Low	Highgate Harriers	37	02:47:55	Ever-present
25	Dale Lyons	Massey Ferguson RC	44	03:10:03	2018
26	Terence Macey	New Eltham Joggers	32	03:17:56	Ever-present
27	Lionel Mann	Belgrave Harriers	40	03:06:07	2002
28	Don Martin	Royal Parks Police	40	04:10:00	2005
29	Roger Mawer	Lowestoft	40	02:58:04	2009
30	Mick McGeoch	Les Croupiers	25	02:24:19	2002
31	William O’Connor	QPH	35	02:35:52	Ever-present
32	Michael Peace	Ranelagh Harriers	31	03:11:45	Ever-present
33	Mike Peel	Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC	39	02:40:30	2012
34	Derrick Pickering	East Hull Harriers	44	02:38:38	2010
35	Bryan Read	Orion Harriers	40	03:24:05	1998
36	Peter Shepheard	Blackheath Harriers	38	02:29:47	2005
37	Malcolm Speake	Biddleston Bounders	39	02:47:58	Ever-present
38	Michael Starr	St Albans Striders	37	03:47:11	2002
39	Tony Tillbrooke	Victory AC	41	03:42:24	2012
40	David Walker	Chalfont & Chiltern	35	03:06:11	Ever-present
41	Steve Wehrle	Dulwich Runners AC	32	03:51:26	2016
42	Michael Wilkinson	Duke Street Runners	42	02:52:51	2007

•   — no longer a member
•   — still a member

Current members

A person is considered an Ever Present until the occurrence of a London Marathon which they do not complete the course. As such, membership of the group declines over time and there are no new members.

The following 10 people ran and completed every London Marathon up to and including the most recent event.[5] The 2020 London Marathon was an elite-only event, with non-elite runners — including all 10 Ever Presents — participating "virtually".[6]

From 1981 to 2013 Chris Finill completed every race in under 3 hours, holding a Guinness World Record for this consistent high performance.[7] Dale Lyons raced in a wheelchair in 2015.[8]

Number	Name	Club	Age	Time (2019)
3	Jeff Aston	Les Croupiers	71	07:07:57
10	Charles Cousens	Vale of Aylesbury	76	06:09:11
14	Chris Finill	Harrow AC	60	02:59:46
21	Kenneth Jones	Orion Harriers	85	07:40:50
24	Roger Low	Highgate Harriers	75	04:53:58
26	Terence Macey	New Eltham Joggers	70	06:01:22
31	William O'Connor	Queen's Park Harriers	73	05:33:13
32	Michael Peace	Ranelagh Harriers	69	04:20:49
37	Malcolm Speake	Biddleston Bounders AC	77	06:29:28
40	David Walker	Chiltern Harriers	73	06:22:42

References

1. "1981: Racing into the history books". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
2. Curtis, Joe (23 April 2013). "Former Chingford councillor and 'Ever Present' Jeffrey Gordon runs in 33rd London Marathon". This Is Local London. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
3. Goad, Ryan (20 April 2012). "Amazing Pat to continue his ever present record at London Marathon". The Echo. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
4. Media Guide. London: Virgin London Marathon. 2003. p. 169.
5. "Ever Present Performances". Ever Present. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
6. "Ever Present". Retrieved 19 December 2020.
7. "Chris Finill: an extraordinary ever-present". Virgin Money London Marathon. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
8. "D Lyons". Ever Presents. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

Footnotes

1. "Final race" denotes last complete race; some runners started the following year's race but failed to finish

External links

• Official website