Kelly Brook ditches model glam for low-key look as she runs London Marathon with husband Jeremy Parisi
MODEL Kelly Brook toned down her usual red carpet-ready look to take part in the London Marathon.
The 45-year-old star donned a green t-shirt, black leggings and trainers to run the 26.2 mile course around England‘s capital city on Sunday.
In a video uploaded to her Instagram stories, Kelly revealed she was joined by 39-year-old husband Jeremy Parisi, who also signed up.
She said the couple hardly had the ideal preparation, telling her fans that neither of them had slept well the night before, owing to their burglar alarm going off during the night.
Sitting next to Jeremy in the back of a car, Kelly said: “Good morning! So, we thought we’d just get up and run a little marathon today, because that’s what we do. See you out there! See you out there!”
Before, she turned to Jeremy and asked: “Are you excited?”
Jeremy’s seeming lack of enthusiasm to her question is then explained by Kelly, who added: “We didn’t get any sleep because our burglar alarm went off at 1’o’clock this morning. Awesome.”
Kelly and Jeremy, were sponsored by marathon partners Radox to take part in the race, and were joined at the start by the likes of Harry Judd, Joe Wicks and Alexandra Burke, who were among the other famous faces running the course.
Speaking recently to The Sun’s Bizzare column, Kelly said she liked to have Jeremy running in front of her, so she could admire him in lycra, and also revealed running had given her a new found appreciation for Vaseline.
She said: “Jeremy looks great in Lycra. I always tell him to run ahead. I find it a nice distraction.
“Jeremy I’m sure will carry me over the finish line if he has too.”
Before revealing that the week prior had made her realise how important petroleum jelly was for preventing chafing caused by running.
She added: “I have gone through pots of Vaseline and on Sunday I was away. I was tapering and had a quick 10k to do.
“I panicked because I left my Vaseline at home so I went without. Nothing prepares you for the chaffing! I was bleeding after 10k.”
And she also revealed that having done an increasing number of physically exerting challenges with Jeremy recently, the London Marathon felt like the ideal next step for the couple.
She said: “We were both pretty strong anyway but this has definitely made us more dynamic.
“After a 25km run you feel invincible. We love to train hard and keep that up all year.
“When we did Race Across the World we had to climb a volcano in the snow for the final Episode.
“We had spent Christmas in the Alps hiking mountains in the snow so we were weirdly prepared mentally to tackle that!
“We train a lot just to prepare ourselves for life in general you never know in our job what you’re going to be asked to do next. “
“This has been brilliant because we are in control of our training and performance. With TV it’s never entirely down to you what the outcome will be.
“With the Marathon it’s all on us and it’s exciting we can’t wait.”