Lydia Oldham Runs Day And Night At The Berlin Marathon With Reebok Europe
9 October 2024
Runners are always inspiring us every day and Lydia Oldham joined up with Reebok Europe and did something very impressive.
Reebok have an ongoing relationship with ultra-runner Lydia Oldham and have embraced her irreverent attitude that belong to the brand and herself. While planning for her journey to the Berlin Marathon, Lydia and Reebok brainstormed together on how to make that experience as unique as possible and that’s how Lydia came up with the incredible idea of tackling the marathon overnight in reverse and then joining the official race in the morning, racking up a total of 84.39 km in less than 12 hours.
Lydia stated “I love going further rather than faster, so when Reebok and myself teamed up with the idea to double the distance to see what that would feel like I was all in. Although it wasn’t my longest distance, it was a challenge because of the sleep deprivation as I would be running both marathon’s on the previous days sleep”.
As Lydia continues to take on unexpected challenges and push her personal limits, Reebok Europe are proud to support her in all her challenges, with the Reebok FloatZig Symmetros, with elevated stack height which puts more foam underfoot for high-mileage running, and Reebok FloatZig X1, with a full-length carbon fibre plate delivering the stiffness needed for a propulsive and energy efficient run
“During the night I used Reebok FloatZig Symmetros: these feel really stable and easy to run in. Some of the best running shoes are ones you forget are on your feet. For the day Marathon, Reebok FloatZig X1: The carbon plates were exactly what I needed to push me through the second marathon. They gave my legs that second spring that I needed and my legs felt light running in these even with 42.2km banked”, says Lydia.
