{"id":327266,"date":"2026-03-13T06:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/327266\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:29:12","slug":"luton-runner-with-multiple-sclerosis-breaks-half-marathon-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/327266\/","title":{"rendered":"Luton runner with multiple sclerosis breaks half marathon record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple sclerosis is an auto-immune condition, external<\/a> that affects the body’s central nervous system, causing a range of symptoms including blurred vision and problems with movement and thinking.<\/p>\n

More than 150,000 people in the UK have MS.<\/p>\n

White told the BBC he suffers with extreme fatigue, numbness and balances issues as a result of the disease.<\/p>\n

Immediately after his diagnosis, White was told to “avoid intense exercise” and he put on three stones (19kg) in weight in the two years that followed. <\/p>\n

He started running in 2024 after “listening to an interview on the radio about someone with MS doing a half marathon” and has since completed more than 15 half marathons.<\/p>\n

The race covers 13.1 miles (21.1 km).<\/p>\n

At the end of 2025, his partner suggested he try to break the world record for the fastest half marathon run by a person with MS, as his personal best at the time was only six minutes slower.<\/p>\n

White self-isolated for two weeks before the race to ensure he did not pick up an illness, as his immune system was “deficient” due to his MS.<\/p>\n

After finding out he had broken the record, White said he was “stunned” and “felt very proud”.<\/p>\n

The world record will now be confirmed by Guinness World Records and is pending official certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple sclerosis is an auto-immune condition, external that affects the body’s central nervous system, causing a range of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-327266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}