‘I ran a PB of 2:45 at the 2026 London Marathon with a full-time job – these 5 habits helped me to do it’

A Runner's World editor ran a personal best of 2:45:37 at the 2026 London Marathon, finishing as the 48th woman in the mass race. This represented a nearly three-minute improvement on her previous best of 2:48:29, which she had set at the 2025 London Marathon. She achieved the result while working full-time and had also set a half marathon PB of 1:19:19 in March 2026.