A marathon is a test of endurance. This is yours.
Choose something that challenges you, keeps you going, or pushes you out of your comfort zone, and turn it into your own Anti Running Marathon. All the commitment. None of the running.
Anti-Running Marathon
A marathon. Just not the running kind! Take on your own endurance challenge and raise money to end alcohol harm across the UK. Whether its baking, life-admin, learning or something totally unique, you pick the marathon - but leave the trainers behind!
What is the Anti Running Marathon?
How it works
Pick your challenge
Something that takes effort, consistency or courage
Set up your page
Tell your story and invite people to support you
Go the distance
Stick with it, share your progress and raise money for change
Even on the days you’d rather not.
Get in touch with the team, tell them what your challenge is and they will provide you with everything you need to get started.
Pick your marathon - get inspired
There are no rules. Just commitment. And something you’re willing to stick with.
The Learning Marathon Learn something new and stick with it: a language, a skill, something you’ve always put off. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about not giving up after day three. Most people give up early. Try not to be most people. Why sponsor it? Because real change takes time and persistence.
The Dance Marathon
Learn routines, practise regularly and build towards something. Results may vary. Enthusiasm is strongly encouraged. Coordination optional. Commitment required. Why sponsor it? Because effort you can see is effort people support.
The Comedy Marathon
perform or share content and keep showing up. It might not all land. That’s part of the challenge. Why sponsor it? Because putting yourself out there takes real courage.
The Life Admin Marathon
Possibly the toughest one here. Tackle the list, emails, forms and everything you’ve been avoiding. Why sponsor it? Because we all share a dread of tackling the to-do list and its genuinely challenging to complete.
The Creative Marathon
Write, draw, build or create something consistently, even when you don’t feel like it. Why sponsor it? Because consistency, not creative perfection, is the real challenge.
Your Marathon If it takes effort, it counts
The Kebab Marathon
We definitely didn’t need running shoes for this challenge, just stamina, teamwork, and a lot of kebabs. Turning a fun idea into a real fundraising effort showed that with the right mindset, even the most unconventional challenges can make a genuine impact.”
Real people, real commitment
Two fundraisers turned their Anti Running Marathon into a 72-hour journey, travelling between kebab shops and raising money along the way.
It wasn’t about running.
It was about commitment, creativity and seeing it through.
They proved you don’t need running shoes to take on a marathon, just an idea and the determination to stick with it.
Inspired by the kebab marathon?
Why it matters
Your challenge might be playful, but the impact is real.
Every day, people come to Alcohol Change UK looking for support, information and a way forward.
Your fundraising helps make sure that support is there when they need it.
Every 24 seconds, someone visits our website for advice about alcohol.
That’s thousands of moments every day where someone is looking for change.
Your Anti Running Marathon helps turn those moments into real support.
This is for everyone
You don’t need to be fit.
You don’t need to be experienced.
You don’t need to be a runner.
You just need to start.
And keep going, even when you’d rather not.
Go the distance. Your way.
Pick your thing
Stick with it
Make a difference
You don’t need to run a marathon to change lives. Just don’t quit halfway through.