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Vassos Alexander

English sports reporter, presenter, author, and endurance runner

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name	Vassos Alexander
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birth_place	London, UK
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occupation	Sports reporter, radio presenter and writer
years_active	2004-present
known_for	The Chris Evans Breakfast Show
notable_works	*Don't Stop Me Now: 26.2 Tales of a Runner's Obsession

Running up that Hill
How to Run a Marathon: The Go-to Guide for Anyone and Everyone

Vassos Alexander Georgiadis is a British sports reporter, presenter, author and endurance runner. He was the sports presenter of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio. Alexander hosted the parkrun podcast, he is a motivational speaker and serves as an ambassador for the young person's charity SkillForce.

Broadcasting career

From 2011, Alexander was the sports presenter on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. 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, Alexander left the show in July 2025.

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 has commentated on tennis, golf, diving and darts.

Podcasts

From April 2018 until it ceased in May 2022 Alexander was the co-host of 'free weekly timed', a podcast about parkrunning. Alexander is a parkrunner and co-hosted the podcast with Helen Williams.

Running

Alexander has competed in ultra-marathons, including the 153-mile Spartathalon and ironman triathlons. He has run over 50 road marathons and has a sub-3-hour personal best.

Author

Alexander has written three books on running.

- a celebration of running in 26.2 chapters
- explores what lies beyond the marathon finish line

References

Williams, Andrew. (4 February 2019). "Vassos Alexander's London home is in running distance from Virgin Radio". Associated Newspapers.
(28 April 2016). "Team SkillForce Run the 2016 London Marathon". SkillForce.
"Vassos Alexander". BBC Radio 2.
Martin, Roy. (15 November 2018). "Chris Evans to move his Radio 2 team to Virgin Radio". RadioToday.
"Vassos Alexander".
Alexander, Vassos. (2019). "Free Weekly Timed the podcast; It's a parkrun thing". Free Weekly Times.
"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".
"Alexander Vassos". Spartathlon.
(15 June 2016). "SDW100 2016 Race Report". Centurion Running.
Alexander, Vassos. (22 March 2018). "Confessions of an accidental ultra runner". The Telegraph.
(10 May 2019). "Ten Questions with Vassos Alexander". RunUltra Endurance.

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