With the London Marathon just around the corner, what better way to remind participants that yes, they really do need to follow that Runna plan, by curating a list of properties worthy of marathon training?
As much as we’d love to pound the pavement ourselves, truly, we’re far better at sprinting through stunning homes sat at our desks than the 26.2 miles of London…
Limerston Street, Chelsea, London, SW10
Located in the heart of upmarket Chelsea, this beauty on Limerston Street is so suave it would make any non-runner want to train for the London Marathon.
Picture this: 6AM wake up, alarm off, Hokas laced. You’re out the door before the city has even woken up, and boy does it feel good. Easy 20K along the banks of the Thames as the sun rises, your sub-five minute splits the only acceptable topic of conversation with your run club buddies at Gail’s afterwards, each one of you shovelling down an obligatory pot of overnight oats and double espresso. Denying your definite shin splints, you hobble back home to a sauna sesh, warm bath (which is obviously in the principal suite), and spot of yoga on the terrace out back.
PB? In the bag.
5 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 1 Reception Room
Guide Price £4,150,000
For Sale with
Garrison Estates
Birchwood House, Main Street, Corbridge, Northumberland
Northerner who wants to do the London Marathon but doesn’t want to compromise on countryside living? Look no further than Birchwood House.
Situated in the sought-after village of Corbridge in Northumberland, Birchwood House not only boasts a wood-fired hot tub, sauna, and home-gym, but also miles of uninterrupted countryside and plenty of running trails to tickle your fancy. What’s more, with Newcastle on your doorstep, it couldn’t be easier to hop on a direct LNER service to the capital for the big day.
4 Bedrooms | 5 Bathrooms | 4 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £2,250,000
For Sale with
Finest Properties
Ursula Street, London, SW11
From the outside, this one looks like any unassuming end-of-terrace house in London. But step inside, and you realise you’ve hit the jackpot.
Bespoke joinery weaves its way through the property, alongside a multitude of Miele appliances in the kitchen, and second-to-none interiors. Arguably the ultimate hosting home, marathon training takes a back seat on Ursula Street, and rightfully so. Friends show up every Friday like clockwork, welcomed by extra-dirty martinis and the warmth of the wood-dominated interiors. Evenings drift effortlessly from kitchen to terrace, glasses clinking as conversation stretches long into the night, your phone lighting up with Runna notifications that go blissfully ignored.
A home that can do this much demands an occupant who can do it all, too. By the time morning rolls around, you’re raring to go, friends as confused as ever how you can pound the pavement with the same ferocity as you pound pints.
3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 2 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £1,900,000
For Sale with
Radstock Property
Rathlin, Maenporth, South Cornwall
As far as settings go, Rathlin takes the biscuit.
Sure, it’s far from the concrete jungle that makes up the London Marathon, but isn’t that the whole point? Imagine slow mornings with a green tea in hand, Insta-worthy granola bowl photographed at least five times before being consumed, followed by an equally picturesque run along the Cornish coast with a sea dip to finish. Unlike 99.9% of those taking part, you couldn’t care less about split times or Strava kudos, because marathon training isn’t about shaving seconds off a PB or obsessing over heart-rate zones.
It’s about salty hair and sandy trainers. About laughing when the wind pushes you backwards and high-fiving strangers who are just as windswept and wide-eyed as you are. It’s about running because you can, and because it feels good.
3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 2 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £899,000
For Sale with
Rohrs & Rowe
Nine Ashes, Stagsden, Bedford, Bedfordshire
A beautifully refurbished and significantly extended former farmhouse, Nine Ashes is the type of place you go after the London Marathon for some serious R&R.
Situated in the beautiful Bedfordshire countryside, the property not only boasts exceptional family accommodation, but also 4.25 acres of landscaped gardens, paddocks, and outbuildings with four stables, a manège, tack room, hay barn and workshop. Once you’ve put in the hard work, hop on a train from the capital to unwind at Nine Ashes. Think leisurely mornings by the log burner, the scent of breakfast wafting from the AGA in the bespoke Neptune kitchen. Afternoons are spent in the open air, your horse the one doing the running as you take in each and every inch of your surroundings. By night, why not invite over your nearest and dearest to celebrate your 3 hour 45 finishing time? It’s not a true achievement if you don’t brag about it, after all.
4 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 3 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £1,650,000
For Sale with
Fitzjohn Estates
Well, what are you waiting for? Lace up your shoes and get outside. 51 days and counting…