Harry Styles runs Berlin Marathon incognito, finishes in under three hours
The singer completes the 26.2-mile race in 2:59:13 under the alias Sted Sarandos, marking a personal best in his second marathon under a false name; organizers confirmed his participation.
Harry Styles ran the Berlin Marathon on Sunday under the alias 'Sted Sarandos' to keep a low profile, finishing in 2:59:13 and setting a personal best for the 26.2-mile race. The Watermelon Sugar singer, 31, joined about 50,000 runners for the event, and his time marked his first sub-three-hour marathon, with an average pace of roughly 6:50 per mile.
Styles blended with the crowds, wearing sunglasses and a headband, and running in a long-sleeved top, black shorts, and red trainers as he wound through Berlin’s streets.
Sebastian Sawe won the race in a world-leading 2:02:16, finishing well ahead of Styles, who was pacing under three hours in a notable personal best. The Berlin finish came after Styles completed the Tokyo Marathon in March, where he posted a time of 3:24:07, marking a significant improvement in his endurance running.
Organizers confirmed Styles’s participation in the event, and footage circulated on social media showing him moving through crowds with spectators reacting to the pop star’s presence on the course. Fans quickly shared clips and congratulated him for taking part, underscoring the public interest in performers crossing into athletic competition.
The Berlin Marathon, one of the world’s premier long-distance races, drew tens of thousands of entrants and international attention for the weekend-long festival of running. Styles’s under-three-hour finish represents a notable athletic milestone for a figure primarily known for music, fashion, and film, and it adds another chapter to the public’s ongoing fascination with celebrity participation in endurance sports.