Stu started running in 2015, one of the first three individuals to complete the London Classics all in its first year of its release. From there Stu worked up to Ironman long distance triathlon and then when Covid hit, and with a lack of events available, he started to come up with ideas of his own. Bringing together the idea of the Reverse London Marathon and other quirky things like the monopoly run all excited his as these are grass roots self maintained running events. Now with a wider insight into the industry and peoples needs, and with his parents living in Sandgate nr Folkestone, Stu is slowly moving to the Kent coast and has stepped up with the scope to provide events that follow the Phoenix Running mantra and provide a place for a fun community to participate in something different in and around the Garden of England, Kent