Mike Gratton

Michael Colin Gratton (born 28 November 1954) is a male former elite long distance runner from England who won the 1983 London Marathon.

Biography A member of the Kent athletics club Invicta AC, Gratton finished third behind Hugh Jones in the marathon event at the 1981 AAA Championships.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the marathon event (2:12:06), at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia and the following year was the winner of the London Marathon. He won the 1983 London Marathon in a time of 2:09:43, a time which places him 14th on the UK all-time marathon list and gave him the title of British marathon champion.

Gratton now runs a sports holiday company called 2:09 Events and a running resource website called Coach the Run. He has gained a recent following through a well-known online forum on the Runners World website called “Hard Training with Mike Gratton.”

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