A member of the
Kent athletics club Invicta AC, Gratton finished third behind
Hugh Jones in the marathon event at the
1981 AAA Championships. He represented
England and won a bronze medal in the marathon event (2:12:06), at the
1982 Commonwealth Games in
Brisbane, Australia and the following year was the
winner of the
London Marathon. He won the 1983 London Marathon in a time of 2:09:43, a time which places him 14th on the UK all-time marathon list and gave him the title of
British marathon champion. Gratton now runs a sports holiday company called
2:09 Events and a running resource website called
Coach the Run. He has gained a recent following through a well-known online forum on the
Runners World website called “Hard Training with Mike Gratton.” == Competition record ==