If you had told Aliana King that her legs would feel good on Monday morning after she had completed the London Marathon seven days after the Boston version, she would not have believed you.

But the Bermudian model was in that fortunate position less than 24 hours after completing the iconic race through the streets of London, and she told The Royal Gazette about her latest marathon experience.

“Honestly, my legs feel surprisingly better than I thought they would,” King said.

“I still feel like I ran a marathon, but I don’t feel like I ran two marathons back to back, which is crazy when you think about it. Everybody kept on asking me, how I was going to do it and I didn’t quite know until now that it’s actually not that big of a deal. Doing it wasn’t as crazy as I thought it was or everyone made it out to be.

“My legs felt pretty tight the day before and I couldn’t sleep the night before as I just was so worried.”

Having completed two of the world’s most iconic marathons in a week, King is ideally placed to compare the two and it appears that London has made its way to the top of her favourites list.

“I cut nearly 30 minutes off my time from Boston yesterday because it was a faster course, flatter and there was more downhill,” King said.

“The crowd was also larger and louder. In Boston it’s hard because you start outside of the city and in the woods, surrounded by trees, which is cool but there’s not a lot of cheering for the first half of the marathon.

“London, the entire way there are such big crowds and there was so many times where I couldn’t hear my music at the loudest volume because the crowds were cheering, so I just turned off the music and enjoyed the crowds.

“Boston was also way colder and it was snowing at one point, whereas London was perfect. Some people said it was a bit hot for running, but I’m from Bermuda so I love the heat.”

King was in contention to set a marathon PB in London, but being a people person she decided hugging her many friends and supporters along the route was more important than chasing a fast time.

“After the first couple of miles, I just started naturally getting faster and I was doing negative splits,” she said

“At a certain point, I thought that I might achieve a personal record but I was stopping, hugging people and taking pictures.

“There were also a bunch of Bermudians in London that saw The Royal Gazette article on me last week and came out with Bermuda flags to cheer me on specifically.

“There were certain areas where I knew my friends would be but there were just random surprises of people that I knew from different parts of my life in London.

“It’s such a boost when you see somebody that you didn’t expect to see and you hear your name in the crowd and it’s somebody that you’ve met at some point and they recognise you and cheering you on.”

After ticking off two marathons in a week, King has big plans for her running future.

“I would like to do an ultra and a goal of mine is the Speed Project, which is 300 miles from Los Angeles to Las Vegas,” she said.

“You’re running for four or five days, maybe 80 miles per day to finish it off. I’m not saying that I’m doing it anytime soon but I’m planning on doing harder things at some point.”