Local Runner Wins First 100 Meters of London Marathon
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A local man won the first 100 meters of Sunday’s London Marathon, covering the distance in a chip time of 10 seconds—a personal best.
The runner, Jack Traven, 27, failed to maintain that pace for the duration of the race, however, crossing the finish line in a time of 4 hours 28 minutes 33 seconds.
“I’m really happy with my win,” said Travern in a post-race interview. “I’ve been training for this marathon for weeks, with lots of sprinting and core work, and it paid off in a big way.”
Travern said his plan—to go as hard as possible from the moment he crossed the start line, dodging and weaving around other runners—worked flawlessly.
“It was pretty crowded,” he said, “but I’d been practicing sprinting through crowds.”
“I passed so many people in those first 100 meters.”
Other runners later recalled seeing Travern in the marathon’s opening moments, saying they were amazed at his blistering pace.
“I was, like, Wow, that dude is going to blow up, big time,” said Howard Payne, 35, who started the race just ahead of Travern. “He was going a hundred miles an hour.”
Payne said he passed Travern around the one-mile marker and never saw him again. Told Tavern had won the event’s first 100 meters, Payne was impressed.
“Good for him,” he said. “I guess.”
