Mark Wright is all smiles as he joins Dermot O’Leary at the London Landmarks half marathon

Mark Wright looked in high spirits as he joined Dermot O’Leary at the start line of the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday morning.

The TV presenter, 36, looked ready to run when he took to Instagram to share a short video with the 49-year-old BBC Radio 2 presenter.

Mark certainly looked the part wearing a black base layer and shorts with his charity jersey over it.

The former TOWIE star is raising funds for the Justin Edinburgh 3 Foundation, which enables people and organizations to act quickly and knowledgeably when they witness cardiac arrest, increasing access to life-saving defibrillators and providing CPR training.

Meanwhile, Dermot was all smiles as he prepared to run and raise money for the breast cancer charity CoppaFeel. of which he is a patron.

In the clip, Mark said: “Look who I found on the starting line, the legend O’Leary himself.”

Dermot gushed, ‘There’s the legend.’

Mark was also joined by former strictly professional AJ Pritchard and his brother and Love Island star Curtis at the start line as they prepared to take part in the Mind charity.

Before the race, Mark gave fans an update, as he walked to the start line, admitting he was “starting to regret” checking in because he was “frozen”.

He said, ‘I’ll tell you what, it’s cold today.’ It’s cold, but the crowds are already starting to build up.

‘Feel good. The atmosphere in a race like this, an organized race, makes you feel amazing and ready for it. Trust me, book one, you won’t regret it.

‘Although I’m starting to regret it right now, it’s freezing.’

With a mile to go, Mark gave his 1.8 million followers an update as he crossed Westminster Bridge towards the finish line.

He said, ‘We’ve got this, a mile to go. Is not easy!

The London Landmarks Half Marathon sees participants run through the city center passing places like Westminster, Leicester Square, St. Paul’s and Tower Hill.

Mark completed the half marathon in 1 hour 36 minutes and shared a celebratory post at the finish line revealing that he is “now an ambassador” for the JE3Foundation.

He wrote: ‘Another challenge stacked up! The London Half Marathon 1:36:12 quite happy with that. Running for a charity very close to my heart @je3foundation a charity that I am privileged to announce that I am now an ambassador for ❤️

“Well done to everyone who made it today, you should be very proud of yourself.”

It comes as Mark admitted that he puts pressure on himself to stay in shape, because he’s addicted to feeling fit and healthy.

The TV presenter spoke to MailOnline about his fitness, explaining: ‘I feel pressure in terms of myself. I am addicted to being fit and healthy.

‘If I get off the train, which sometimes I don’t care, but I get back on instantly because the feeling of feeling fit and healthy, for me, there is no better feeling. It’s the best feeling in the world.

Speaking about outside pressures, he said: ‘I don’t feel pressure in terms of what other people feel or think because I am who I am. But I feel pressure on myself to feel fit and healthy.

Mark added that despite his desire to be healthy, he does not train with his wife Michelle Keegan because she prefers a different type of sport.

He said: ‘She does different types of training for me, she does a lot of Pilates. That’s too slow for me, she likes to sweat, run and lift weights.

He admitted, ‘No, that Pilates is easy. I did Pilates with her once, it was hard.

Mark will run the London Marathon on April 23 with his mother Carol, father Mark and brother Josh.

Speaking about his preparations, he told MailOnline: ‘What you’re going through when you run alone can be taxing on the mind.

‘The moment you go up a hill, you have moments of weakness, you start to hit a wall. Mentally pushing yourself through that is constant work on your mind, which I think is great because if you have tough times in life, you need to know how to get through them.

And long-distance training is like that, it’s hard. It’s not fun to run so many kilometers, you’re not supposed to like it.

“You are in a marathon day with the noise and the fans, but the training is not to enjoy it, but it teaches you to be disciplined.”

Mark and his family are running for Flora’s Making Healthy Switches campaign, and Mark says, ‘I’m a big believer in balance and moderation in life.

‘Flora is making small, healthy changes in your life, because those small changes can change your life, they can be massive.

“So what I’m doing is telling my mom and dad that they’re doing a marathon, which is a push for their age, and they’re going up to 26.2 miles.

‘So if you’re making that huge change, you can make these small changes to improve your life.

We’re going to do everything we can to show that anything is possible and I think that’s an amazing message. I’m excited about it.

Mark Wright, Flora’s Making Healthy Switches campaign ambassador, announces that he will be running the London Marathon alongside his mum, dad and brother for the first time.

For more information on Flora’s campaign, head over to Flora’s Instagram to stay up to date on all the developments.