THE London Marathon always sees a host of celebrities run alongside the general public, but it didn’t get off to a great start for Harry Judd.
The McFly star took to Instagram on Sunday morning to reveal he had forgotten some essentials.
He said: “Really great start to the marathon day, I was about four stops into my journey to Greenwich and realised I had forgotten my bib number, my race number… so that’s good!”
Thankfully wife Izzy came to the rescue, as Harry filmed her pulling up in the car with their kids in the back.
He captioned the clip: “Family to the rescue”.
Harry isn’t the only famous face taking part, as singer Alexandra Burke shared snaps ahead of the race on her Instagram page.
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She wrote: “I never take it for granted that I’m able to move my body and do things that challenge me!
“So grateful to be running for @melissabellfoundation & @parkinsonsuk today at the @londonmarath. wishing all the runners the best time out there today! #AllforyouMama #myangel.”
Alexandra’s run comes just hours after she performed on the first Britain’s Got Talent live semi-final.
Meanwhile chef Gordon Ramsay paid tribute to his daughter Tilly, who is running the 26.2 mile route around the capital.
Posing together with Tilly in her running gear, Gordon wrote: “Such a proud dad today watching my little girl @tillyramsay run her first ever marathon !!!!
“Thx to @flora and everyone who supported @feeding_britain on her incredible journey. Go get em kiddo !!.”
Elsewhere, Joe Wicks was running alongside none other than Daddy Pig from Peppa Pig, having trained him for the event.
The pair are raising money and awareness for the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), after Daddy Pig’s son George was diagnosed with moderate deafness.
Daddy Pig also ran the London Marathon in a special episode of Peppa Pig, which aired last week.
Earlier in the day, Sebastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha created sporting history as they became the first people to run a competitive marathon in under two hours.
Kenyan Sawe, 29, trod new ground in track and field as he crossed the finish line of the London Marathon along The Mall in an incredible time of one hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds.
It was an astonishing performance, achieving something that few thought was ever possible.
If that was not astonishing enough then second-placed Kejelcha of Ethiopia – running his first marathon – also dipped under the magical two-hour mark as he ran 1:59:41.