From tubby smoker to record-breaking runner: Former 20-a-day man Steve Way finishes 10th in Commonwealth Games marathon, breaking 35-year British record Daily Mail

Steve Way.

  Way finished 10th for England in the marathon at Glasgow 2014 

  He promised to celebrate with his first pint of lager in three months

  Shortly after the race he tweeted with the hashtag #BestDayEver

  He once weighed more than 16st and smoked 20 cigarettes a day

  He changed his lifestyle and now runs 130 miles a week

  The 40-year was the fourth man home at the London marathon

Seven years ago, he was an overweight smoker who feasted on chocolate and takeaways.

But yesterday, Steve Way finished tenth in the Commonwealth Games marathon, breaking a 35-year-old  British record. And the 40-year-old  celebrated his feat by drinking his first pint of lager for three months.

The bank worker finished in two hours, 15 minutes and 16 seconds, beating Ron Hill’s 1979 best for the over-40s. Mr Way, from Bournemouth, weighed sixteen and a half stone and smoked 20 cigarettes a day when he decided to get fit at the age of 33.

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