THE ROAD BACK TO BERLIN

UNFINISHED
BUSINESS.

Seven years of work. One unfinished race.
Thomas Cloyd is going back to finish what he started.

THIS IS THE COMEBACK

WHEELCHAIR MARATHON RACERSCROLL TO THE STORY

Thomas Cloyd pushing his racing wheelchair through the streets of Chicago

EVERY PUSH HAS LED HERE.

THE NEXT CHAPTER

BERLIN. 27.09.26.

The countdown to comeback day.

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SAVE THE DATE

HOW TO FOLLOW ON RACE DAY

SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2026

BE THERE
FOR THE START.

Thomas goes off in the wheelchair wave on Sunday morning in Berlin, which is the middle of the night across the States. Set an alarm.

08:29BERLIN

00:29MOUNTAIN

01:29CHICAGO

Scheduled wheelchair start. All three clocks are the same Sunday morning.

01 / SAVE THE DATE

Put race day in your calendar

A calendar file with the start time in it, so your phone does the remembering.

DOWNLOAD THE CALENDAR FILE

MATH vs VIBES

Thomas is one half of a show.

Eric brings the models. Thomas brings the vibes. They bet on real questions and keep score.

Watch MATH vs VIBES Start with the Chicago traffic quiz

01 / THE WORK BEFORE THE START LINE

2019 TO 2026. EVERY SESSION COUNTS.

SEVEN YEARS.
NOT ONE SHORTCUT.

Through the Bay Area. Through Minneapolis.
Through Chicago. Early starts, long roads, and the same choice, again and again: keep pushing.

335↗

TRAINING SESSIONS

Showing up. Then showing up again.

2,213KM

KILOMETRES IN THE LOG

Every kilometre earned.

259K

APPROXIMATE PUSHES

One push. A quarter-million times over.

BAY AREAMINNEAPOLISCHICAGOBERLIN ↗

02 / THE LONG WAY HERE

A FINISH LINE IS NEVER JUST A LINE.

Thomas racing through downtown Chicago, focused on the road ahead

THOMAS CLOYD / CHICAGO

BUILT
BY THE
WORK.

PROGRESS ISN’T
A STRAIGHT LINE.

Thomas races marathons in a racing wheelchair. The clock tells part of the story. What it takes to keep going tells the rest.

CHICAGO / 2022FINISHED

5:54AND NOTHING GIVEN.

More than an hour stopped. Nearly six hours out on the course. He still found his way to the finish.

CHICAGO / 2025FINISHED

5:12ALMOST NO STOPPING.

43.6 kilometres. Nearly non-stop. Forty-two minutes faster than 2022. Seven years of work taking shape.

But there’s another city.
And a race that isn’t finished.

03 / BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 2025

DID NOT FINISH

THE ROAD
STOPPED AT
27.4.

KILOMETRES

Last September,
Berlin ended early.

His race stopped at kilometre 27.4. After everything it took to get there, 14.8 kilometres still stood between him and the finish line.

One unfinished race.
One city he couldn’t leave behind.

SO HE’S GOING BACK.

START / 0 KMFINISH / 42.2 KM

27.4 KM PUSHED14.8 KM OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS

04 / FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED

BERLIN, GERMANY · 52.52° N / 13.40° E

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026

SAME CITY.
SAME DISTANCE.
NEW ENDING.

He’s returning to the same city and the same 42.2 kilometres. Carrying seven years of work, every hard-earned finish, and the one that got away.

One shot at redemption.
Every push toward the finish.

Thomas and a fellow wheelchair racer at the Berlin Marathon start area — THE CITY THAT’S CALLING HIM BACK.BERLIN ↗

FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING LEFT TO FINISH.

KEEP PUSHING.

THOMAS CLOYDBERLIN MARATHON / 27 SEPTEMBER 2026BACK TO TOP ↑

05 / THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PUSH

BERLIN ’26

IN HIS CORNER.

Two sponsors. One finish line.
Backing Thomas all the way to Berlin.

WITH THOMAS. TO THE FINISH.

UNFINISHED
BUSINESS.

BERLIN. 27.09.26.