The 1% Club: Celine Casey
29 October 2025
Celine marked the incredible milestone of completing her first marathon at the Altra Yorkshire Marathon this month, after her running journey started four years ago.
“The challenges you face along the way, the happiness of completing a race and achieving things I never thought I’d achieve. The fitness and amazing things it does for your body and mind is just an added bonus!”
Only a year ago, Celine was recovering from a broken foot, as well as ligament damage, which set her back massively both physically and mentally.
“But it also made me so much more determined to so much better when I was fit and healthy enough.
“The only logical thing to do would be sign up to a marathon in my hometown in York!”
Celine decided to train as much as she could in the month leading up to the Yorkshire Marathon, ensuring to stay injury-free before the big day arrived, giving herself just 4 weeks to train.
“I’ve never ran this far before, so this was one of my goals, prove to myself I can do hard things and running a marathon.
Celine also joined a running club, York Knavesmire Harriers, which was a great running community that provided support from many different runners, and helped Celine on her running journey.
