Andrew Lilley, who grew up in Guildford, has achieved a time of 2 hours and 38 minutes in the Paris marathon on Sunday, April 3.
Guildford born, Andrew Lilley, running his personal best of 2 hours 38 minutes in the Paris Marathon.
Coming in at 183 out of an international field of around 60,000 runners, he described the result as “fantastic”.
His time, a personal best, puts him in the top 4% of the world’s marathon runners.
Andrew, 35, son of the well-known Guildford vegan activist, Monica Lilley, has been a vegan himself for some 20 years.
He has run several marathons and also participated in ironman events (3.8 km swim, 180 km cycling and a full marathon). He said he wanted to ” spread the vegan message” through his athletic endeavours.
Andrew married some 18 months ago and with his wife who is half Swiss recently moved to Geneva where he works as a financial advisor to pension funds in the area of ESG (Eco, Sustainable, Governance) investments.
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