As Official Electric Vehicle Supplier of the TCS London Marathon, we wanted to create an initiative to help get the nation moving. With our Ford Run Club, we teamed up with Strava and came up with a 'Drive to Run' challenge; designed to push boundaries, define new limits and help runners get the best out of themselves.

Enter the Ford 'Driven to Run' Challenge

By completing 10 days of 30-minute activity in four weeks, runners could win one of six entries into the 2026 London Marathon, including a hosted weekend at the race.

As added motivation, we teamed up with Dan Jones and Savannah Sachdev.

Dan is a fitness fan who has completed marathons. This experience is being put to good use as he will be supporting girlfriend Jade to train for her first London Marathon and documenting her journey online.

Savannah is a London-based lifestyle and fitness content creator. She's best known for her daily running streak content series, where she ran at least one mile every day. It's a habit she's maintained for years to support her mental health, but it's not always easy.

We'll be following their journey and looking forward to welcoming the Driven to Run challenge winners to the 2026 TCS London Marathon. But whether runners make it to the marathon or not, we'll be there helping to give them the drive to keep running.

Would you like to join us? There's still time. But be quick! The challenge finishes on Sunday December 7, 2025.

Enter the Ford 'Driven to Run' Challenge

Howard Kee is a manager in Communications and Events for Ford of Britain