AJ Bell Great Manchester Run 2023 | 20 Stories | Martin's Story

To celebrate 20 years of the AJ Bell #GreatManchesterRun, we're celebrating 20 individuals who have taken part in the Great Manchester Run, find out why they run, who for, how it makes them feel, and what Manchester means to them. We’ll be featuring new stories each week in the run up to the event, so come keep coming back to be inspired.

Martin is one of our 20 incredible and inspirational stories from the past 20 year's of the AJ Bell #GreatManchesterRun.

His life changed forever on the night of 22nd May 2017, when he found himself just two feet from the blast zone in the Manchester Arena bomb attack.

He went on to show his enormous strength and defiance by completing the 10km Great Manchester Run, which took place just two days before the first anniversary of the attack.