With the sun rising over London on Sunday morning, a designer from 30 Pakistani and Pakistani contestants will join more than 50,000 athletes in the start of the London 2025 Marathon.
Among them, all the attention of Hamid Bou Bou will be from Lahore, who stands in the manufacture of history as the first Pakistani to complete the achievement of a six-star marathon twice-after already ended all the six global marathon disciplines (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and Nicago) again.
The varied group of competitors represents Pakistan’s increasing presence in the global marathon race, along with participants from multiple countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Norway and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Many athletes arrive in London with tiring legs, but they are designed, after they just completed the Boston Marathon last week.
“I ran London last year and remember that I saw people in their Boston jackets come to capture the London billars and think one day,” said Hera Diwan, a runner -up in the United Kingdom who completed a marathon in Boston just six days ago with his colleague in Pakistani returnees, Salman Eli, and Amer Pot from the United States.
“This has been achieved next year,” she added.
The London event has a special importance for the British Pakistani diversity lawyer, Simina Khan, who will run its sixth marathon in London while working in society in the United Kingdom for Muslims in the United Kingdom.
Among the competitors from Pakistan itself, Moni Khan, the Karachi -based Mona Khan’s broadcaster, arrives at the starting line after an intensive training system balanced with her media career.
He was trained by his co -colleague Mohamed Youssef Malik. Khan’s trip to London was characterized by personal sacrifices. She said: “For Pakistani contestants, every ongoing path is a battlefield, and we are running with our hearts.”
“I cut my hair for ease, and my arms were darkened of running in the sun, and I was injured on my knees and elbow … but I still run. Nothing can prevent me.”
Marathon also represents a personal milestone for the Islamabad group, Farqan Masoud, which represents the Islamabad club. His journey is enveloped from informal hostility to the marathon competitor, the growing culture of Pakistan.
Masoud said: “Tomorrow, I will be in the starting line in the London 2025 Marathon, where I joined 55,000 runners from all over the world.” “Three years ago, I found IRC, and what started a simple fitness cards that turned into a task – to build flexibility, inspire others, and prove that discipline can achieve anything.”
For Marathoner Hera Movti, a 42 -year -old Pakistani mother, the Sunday race represents a personal challenge and a honor for her heritage. “I run as a proud Pakistani Muslim, or three years, to honor my late father, without which I will not be here today,” I explained, Mufti.
“I have been instilled in me the very important life lessons of flexibility, endurance, mercy, love for humanity and my love.” The symbolic nature is not lost to the mufti, who referred to: “Of course age is important, I am 42 and run 42 km to distinguish every wonderful year of my life.”
The Pakistani unit also includes athletes such as the Pakistani Norwegian runner Amy Mir, whose participation in a broader sporting journey marathon. “In fact, I started running when I was born. I never sat where my parents left me, or I enjoyed quietly sitting with both legs on a chair,” said Mir with a distinctive humor.
“My sporting career, or the enemy, started on the path or corridors while walking for long distances, Mugway Tae, rowing in the river, trilogy, skiing on an exploratory journey with a slide, and now at the height of the mountain climber. Marathon is just stopping my journey. A trip to the top of the K2, in 2026.”
A full list of Pakistani and Pakistani participants:
- Amy Reda (USA)
- Aisha chooses (USA)
- Hera Mufti (UK)
- Saniya Zafar (Emirates)
- Hera Diwan (United Kingdom)
- Mohamed Youssef Malik (Pakistan)
- Muhammad Fasieh Saleh (Norway)
- Shazia Nawaz (Emirates)
- Hamid Pot (Pakistan)
- Salman Ilias (USA)
- Amer Pot (USA)
- Hamad Ali (United Kingdom)
- Imran Zavar (UK)
- Adnan Ozir (UK)
- Raja Arif Olha Khan (Saudi Arabia)
- Faisal Saif (Emirates)
- Abu Bakr Muhammad Afz (United Kingdom)
- Furqan Masoud (Pakistan)
- Hamza Salim (Pakistan)
- Atiq UL Hasan (USA)
- RAEES EBRHIM (USA)
- Visit Khan (UK)
- Nadim Iqbal (United Kingdom)
- Taha Gavor (UK)
- Mona Khan (Pakistan)
- Junaid Memon (USA)
- Khaled Sheikh (Pakistan)
- Kamran Abbasi (UK)
- Amy Mir (Norway)