Mike Gratton
Michael Colin Gratton is a male former elite long distance runner from England who won the 1983 London Marathon.
Biography
A member of the Kent athletics club Invicta AC, Gratton finished third behind Hugh Jones in the marathon event at the 1981 AAA Championships.He represented England and won a bronze medal in the marathon event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia and the following year was the winner of the London Marathon. He won the 1983 London Marathon in a time of 2:09:43, a time which places him 14th on the UK all-time marathon list and gave him the title of British marathon champion.
Gratton now runs a sports holiday company called 2:09 Events and a running resource website called Coach the Run. He has gained a recent following through a well-known online forum on the Runners World website called “Hard Training with Mike Gratton.”