My name is Lloyd Martin and I’m on a mission to show the world that people with Down Syndrome can do anything they set their minds to! 🌟

After I watched my mum run the London Marathon, I really wanted to give it a go and when the opportunity for me to enter finally came up, I got a place! I decided that if I was going to do it, I wanted to make history… I wanted to show the entire world that people like me can do anything!

So, at the 2024 London Marathon, at the age of 19, I set a Guinness World Record as the youngest person with an intellectual impairment to complete a marathon and through this JustGiving page, I also raised over £18,400 for two charities I really care about.

Since then, my life has been crazy!! I’ve been on TV, on billboards in London and I was a finalist in the 2024 GoCardless JustGiving Awards. But that's not all I’m doing! I will be running in more HUGE events across the world this year! 🌎🏅

As part of my mission, I have decided to up my fundraising target. I couldn’t even imagine beating my first target of £10,000 so it would be a dream to reach my new goal of £30,000!

My 2025 challenges:

London Landmarks Half Marathon🏃‍♂️‍🏅 6 April 2025

London Marathon🏃‍♂️‍🏅 27 April 2025

Royal Parks Half Marathon🏃‍♂️‍🏅 12 October 2025

My 2024 challenges:

London Marathon🏃‍♂️‍🏅 21 April 2024

✅Guinness World Record: Youngest Person to Complete a Marathon (II2) (Male)

Charity Skydive🪂 🤸 20 August 2024

✅At first, I was told I couldn’t skydive because of my Down Syndrome but just like the London Marathon I knew I could do it! I skydived to raise money for my gymnastics club, and you can read more about this on my club’s JustGiving page.

Great North Run🏃‍♂️‍🏅 8 September 2024

✅Guinness World Record: Youngest Person to Complete a Half Marathon (II2) (male).

Cardiff Half🏃‍♂️‍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 6 October 2024

✅At first, I didn’t get a place in the Cardiff Half and I was so disappointed because I wanted to join my family in the race. But then I was given the best news and was given a place to run with my family in our hometown!

New York City Marathon🏃‍♂️ 3 November 2024

✅I went all the way over to America to run in the New York City Marathon!!

The charities

I am raising money for Stepping Stone DS, Special Olympics GB and Variety, the Children's Charity. Stepping Stone DS because they introduced me to and enabled me to enjoy lots of different activities since I was a baby, and Special Olympics GB because they have set up so many fun sporting groups where I can play and take part in competitive sports. I'd like to thank all of these charities for enabling me to have such an active and fun social life.

Thank you for reading my JustGiving page, if you would like to support me in my challenges, please donate❤️