Vassos Alexander

Vassos Alexander is a British sports reporter, presenter, author and endurance runner. He is currently the sports presenter of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio.[2] Alexander hosts the Parkrun podcast, he is a motivational speaker and serves as an ambassador for the young person's charity SkillForce.[3]

Vassos Alexander
Born
London[1]
NationalityBritish
OccupationSports reporter, radio presenter and writer
Years active2004-present
Known forThe Chris Evans Breakfast Show
Notable work
  • Don't Stop Me Now: 26.2 Tales of a Runner's Obsession
  • Running up that Hill

Broadcasting career

From 2011, Alexander was the sports presenter on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. However,[1] in January 2019, Alexander along with Chris Evans, and several members of the BBC Radio 2 team moved to the Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio,[4] where Alexander continues in his role as the sports reporter. Vassos has worked with Chris Evans for seven years. In this time, as well reporting from the frontline of the sports world, he has shared a passion for running marathons with Evans and authored two books on the subject.

He has also worked on Radio 5 Live as a presenter, reported and commentated on BBC television, Channel 4, BT Sport and Eurosport. He has reported on six Olympic Games for BBC Sport and currently commentates on tennis, golf, diving and darts.[5]

Podcasts

Since April 2018, Alexander has been the co-host of 'free weekly timed', a podcast on the global running phenomenon of Parkrun. Alexander is a Parkrunner and co-hosts the podcast with Louise Ayling.[6][7]

Running

Alexander has completed some of the hardest ultra-marathons in the sport including the 153-mile Spartathalon[8] and ironman triathlons.[9] He has also run over 50 road marathons and has a sub-3-hour personal best.[10][11]

Author

Alexander is the author of two best selling books:

  • Don't Stop Me Now, 26.2 Tales of a Runner's Obsession.[12] - a celebration of running in 26.2 chapters
  • Running up that Hill, the highs and lows of going that bit further[13] (published by Bloomsbury) which explores what lies beyond the marathon finish line

Personal life

Alexander lives in Barnes, south-west London with his wife and three children.[2]

He is of Greek-Cypriot heritage.

References
  1. "Vassos Alexander". The Chris Evans Breakfast Show - About The Team. BBC Radio 2. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. Williams, Andrew (4 February 2019). "Vassos Alexander's London home is in running distance from Virgin Radio". Metro. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. "Team SkillForce Run the 2016 London Marathon". SkillForce. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017.
  4. Martin, Roy. "Chris Evans to move his Radio 2 team to Virgin Radio". RadioToday. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. "Vassos Alexander". BBC. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. Alexander, Vassos (2019). "Free Weekly Timed the podcast; It's a parkrun thing". Free Weekly Times. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. "Home We organise free weekly timed runs all over the world. Held in pleasant parkland on weekend mornings, our runs are open to all – from juniors and first timers to Olympians and octogenarians". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Alexander Vassos". Spartathlon. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. "SDW100 2016 Race Report". Centurion Running. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. Alexander, Vassos (22 March 2018). "Confessions of an accidental ultra runner". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. Jarmey, Luke; Stinton, Dan (10 May 2019). "Ten Questions with Vassos Alexander". RunUltra. RunUltra Endurance. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  12. Alexander, Vassos (2016). Don't Stop Me Now: 26.2 Tales of a Runner's Obsession. Bloomsbury Sport. ISBN 9781472921536.
  13. Alexander, Vassos (2017) Running up that Hill, Bloomsbury Sport; ISBN 9781472947963
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