Bermudian model Aliana King is halfway through completing two marathons in a week after crossing the line in Boston yesterday.

King completed the Boston Marathon in 4hr 49min 44sec but was not chasing any personal bests as she tried to conserve her energy and her legs for the London Marathon, which takes place in the English capital on Sunday.

The 27-year-old has set herself the task of completing the ‘Seven Stars', the seven races in the World Marathon Majors, before she is 30 and by this time next week Boston and London will have joined Chicago, Berlin and New York in the completed column, with Tokyo and Sydney still to come.

But the challenge of two marathons in seven days is not one King has undertaken before and she has taken advice on how to recuperate ahead of embarking on her London effort.

“This is the first time of doing one marathon so close to another but I know people who have done it before and they have given me tips on how to recover fast and be ready,” she said.

“Right now, I’m just staying off my feet, making sure I’m eating well and the goal is just to not get sick, rest and recover. The running part is already done, I’ve already trained but I just need to speed up the healing process, do some compression and possibly go to a spa, ice bath, sauna, that type of thing to speed up my recovery. Then it’s time to carb load again three days before and get right back to it.

“But honestly I do all of my marathons just for fun and I feel good during them so I took Boston pretty easy, I’m going to take London easy and the goal is just to finish and be injury free.

“It’s a hard thing to do but I would like to do harder things in life moving forward and this is just a beginning to my journey.”

King took up running relatively recently and has found her joy, believing that running has helped her physical and mental health.

“I initially started running two and a half years ago and I was in a place where I needed something to hold on to and I started running every day,” she said.

“At first I wasn’t even able to run a mile without stopping, it was only five minutes at a time before I had to walk, but I don’t know what I would do without running now. It’s my peace.

“Studies have been done that reveal there are a high number of people that have been through trauma in their lives actually running marathons because it is a way of proving yourself. Knowing that you can do such a hard thing changes your perspective on everything in life.

“I take the lessons that I learn from running into my daily life all the time but I genuinely have so much fun doing this. I can go by myself for a 21-mile run and come back with the biggest smile on my face because I just had the best time.

“When I don’t run for a long time, I feel weird and I need to go out and run because I feel it regulates my body.”

King is now sponsored by On Running, a shoe company taking on the heavyweights of Nike and Adidas, and she has showcased their trainers on a number of continents but she also uses the events as a chance to raise money.

“I did my first marathon in Chicago for the American Cancer Society in honour of my friend, who lost her mum to cancer,” King said.

“About a month before I decided to sign up her mother died and I decided to raise money for them. It was on that journey I discovered that there were six major marathons and I was having so much fun training that I thought it would be really cool to finish all six and I was 24, so I thought I could do one a year before I turn 30 but then a seventh one was added.

“I did the Berlin Marathon for a charity and then I was offered a place in New York Marathon with Strava, the fitness app. After Boston and London I will be doing Sydney in August and then I will have Tokyo left, which is next March.

“I’m finishing it way in advance of my goal but I became obsessed really fast. Now I have to create a new goal, but I’m not sure what that is yet.”

King’s biggest supporter is her boyfriend Kyle Bary, who can be seen in King’s New York Marathon video on Instagram on the top of trash cans, at the top of lampposts, making himself seen and cheering her on.

“He does so much planning in advance and maps out the course of every single marathon I’ve done,” she said.

“He's had a different plan based off of how the course is and does his research to figure out where he can bring a bike, where he can’t bring a bike, that type of thing.

“I have a post that's pinned to the top of my profile and he was climbing light poles and streetlamps and trash cans because the crowds were a bit dense in New York and in order to see him he’s hanging off of something.

“He's been there for every single race that I’ve ever done and I met him shortly before doing my first Bermuda Half Marathon, and that was my first race ever in 2024.

“He's known me for my entire running history and every marathon that I’ve done. He’s been there to run alongside me or bike alongside me all the way.

“He comes with me on my long runs. I’ll go for 20 miles and he'll ride his bike alongside me with my water and my gels and anything that I need just to help me go through it. I’ve definitely been doing this journey along with him the whole time.”