O’Sullivan and Johnson join forces in marathon

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Benita Johnson look set to run shoulder-to-shoulder in Sunday’s Flora London Marathon rather than attempt to stay with the pacemakers.

The training partners fully intend making their mark against the more established marathon stars contesting in the 25th anniversary race.

But it is understood O’Sullivan and Johnson, from Australian, are not prepared to follow the 68 minutes 30 seconds pacemakers Leah Malot and Restituta Joseph have been asked to cover for half the distance.