World News – GB – The runner who tweeted his way into the London Marathon

Dan Nash is not a full time athlete and has never run the London Marathon before

But on Sunday, the 26-year-old will line up alongside the world’s best long-distance runners for the elite run-only around St James’s Park

Nash holds the UK 50km record but, while not included in the elite field for this year’s revamped London Marathon, he tweeted organizers asking for a spot

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