Marathon Medicine 2024

The 40th London Marathon Medicine Conference

Central Hall, Westminster

kindly hosted by the TCS London Marathon

08h15 Coffee and Registration

09h15 Welcome Prof Charles Pedlar, Co-chair of Marathon Medicine 2024; Professor of Applied Sport and Exercise Science, St Mary’s University, Twickenham; Honorary Associate Professor, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health, UCL

09h20 Does running a marathon alter foot shape? And does it matter? Associate Professor Mako Fukano, PhD. College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.

09h50 TBC. Professor Alister Hart, Action Medical Research Chair of Academic Clinical Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, UCL, UK.

10h20 The Older Athlete: From performance decline to implications for understanding ageing. Professor Stephen Harridge, PhD. Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences, King’s College London, UK

10h50 Fluid and carbohydrate break

11h20 Long and short-term preparation/mitigation strategies to protect athlete health and optimise performance in the heat. Dr Lee Taylor, PhD. Reader in Exercise and Environmental Physiology, Loughborough University, UK.

11h50 Exertional Heat Illness: a time-critical diagnosis. Dr Todd Leckie. Doctoral Fellow and Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Specialty Trainee, University Hospitals Sussex, UK.

12h20 Round Table/Question and Answer Session with Speakers

12h55 Close Prof Courtney Kipps, Co-chair of Marathon Medicine 2024; Deputy Medical Director TCS London Marathon; Honorary Consultant Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, UCL

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, London, United Kingdom