Jonathan Gibbard

Jon always got picked last in school sports. In 2009 he signed up to the London marathon. It wasn’t pretty but he got round.

In 2015 he signed up again to raise money for Diabetes UK, having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the intervening time – Jon trained better and went faster and that started his love of running.

Jon joined White Horse Harriers to help his training in 2015 and met lots of lovely like-minded people. Having focused for a few years on shorter races Jon started dabbling in ultra distance, first completing 50k and then going on to complete 100 miles three times. Jon got his CIRF qualifications in 2018, inspired by club coaches. Jon’s sessions are always fun and challenging.

Jon loves running so much, he met his wife at mile 13 on an ultra, and together started a podcast ‘Here for the long run’.