My name is Sam Beard, I'm 19 years old (20 in March 2016) and I'm a long distance runner.

I took up running In Febuary 2013, because I was overweight and I soon fell in love with the sport. I completed my first half marathon in October 2013 and in April 2014, I became a marathoner. 

After becoming a marathoner I decided I wanted to push myself further, and in April 2015 I became the youngest person in history to run 7 marathons in 7 days.

In the wake of my challenge, I have decided to make the Jump up to ultra-marathoning and that's where I am at now,. March 19th 2016, I'll be doing a '12 hour challenge' where I'll be aiming to run as far as I can in that time period. For every mile I run, I'll be raising £7 for Allsorts thanks to my brilliant sponsors, The Priory Gym and Tetbury Hardware store. The 12 hour challenge will be in preparation for my first ever 24hr race in July 2016. The Cotswold 24hr race.


Thankyou for visiting my page, I hope you are inspired by my story and any donations are greatly appreciated! Let's do this together for the kids!

If you'd like to follow my training head to Facebook.com/SamBeardRunning