Frequently Asked Questions

No! The benefit of this marathon is that you log the distance however you would like between 1st - 31st October 2025.

Life is busy, there is barely time to train mid season (and if you ran a marathon in one go you’d get injured!). M4 is flexible for that reason.

Our marathon gives you the opportunity to get out and FEEL GOOD by having a goal both physically & mentally whilst giving back to charity as you do.
Yes! Whilst it’s up to you to choose how you cover the marathon distance in October, we will be hosting walk/hikes/runs in 10 locations globally.

This means you can find community and join like-minded folks to have a chat with while getting out in nature.
Head here to find the events part of our Community 5k Program.
We don’t monitor your distance, but in good faith hope you will log your miles accurately!

You can do so on strava- and we’d love to see you in the Marathon 4 Mental Health community club to spur each other on!

You can other see people’s progress around the globe that are doing so at the same time to motivate you.
Kitbags with cap, medal pin and How To guide are distributed in September 2026.

Guaranteed delivery before 1st October has a cut off of 15th September if the delivery address is outside of the UK.

You can still pay for Standard Entry up until 28th September but we cannot guarantee you parcel will be delivered in time for October 1st.

As part of your welcome pack you will receive a link to create a fundraising page under M4MH’s official fundraising platform Enthuse.

This will allow donations to be deposited directly to ISWAN - our charity of choice. Find out more about ISWAN here.
The more the merrier! We can tailor entries for large crews/ teams.

Please email hello@marathonformentalhealth.com outlining your team size and we will get back to you with all of the details for booking.
Kitbags are distributed in September. Please put an address you feel confident will be occupied that you can retrieve the kitbag during that time period.

If you are using a Capitanarie or Marina address please clearly provide the boat name along with your personal name.

If there are enough orders to a particular region we can use our shoreside network to utilise an office address if it is located by a major port/marina - we can collate orders for bulk shipping but need a minimum of 8 orders being placed to that region to do so.

Please get in touch with us via hello@marathonformentalhealth.com if you are entering as an individual but would like to know if there is a bulk shipping planned in your area.

M4 honestly was a breath of fresh air to push us through the last stretch of our season.

It provided us with a fun and healthy outlet whilst raising awareness with regards to mental health and the wellbeing thereof within our community

Thank you, to Mel, and her amazing team, for connecting us in this journey and for motivating everyone to contribute towards the resources and tools to aid in bettering and empowering yachties.