Marius Coste

82 weeks. 50km per week. All in costume. Running for mental health & cancer support 💛 Supporting @SAMHTweets & @clannow #MilesOfSmilesChallenge

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

🎥 Our #MilesOfSmiles @SAMHtweets video is LIVE! 💜 Running in costumes was just the start — it’s about hope, resilience & mental health. Thank you to everyone who’s supported. Watch, share & start the conversation! 🌈💪 #MentalHealthAwareness

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 53/82. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 28 years since Scotland WC. Waiting for a roar—and for mental health to be spoken about. Saltire cape at @aberdeenparkrun for @SAMHtweets & @ClanNow . 3,301km. £4,268+ raised. We speak up. 💛 #MilesOfSmiles #Scotland #MentalHealth

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

🐂🐿️💛 Don the Bull & Dee the Squirrel stole the show today at Sport Aberdeen’s Champion of Champions Fun Run! Don wore a glucose monitor, Dee wore her hearing aid — and the kids saw only fun, joy and friendship. That’s inclusion. That’s #MilesOfSmiles. 💛 #ChampionOfChampions

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

🦸 I turned up as Superman.

@SAMHtweets invited Miles of Smiles to an early look at The Nook Aberdeen.

53 weeks of fundraising led to this moment.

No referral. No stigma. Just a door for anyone who needs it.

We helped open it. 💙

#MilesOfSmiles #TheNookAberdeen #SAMH

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 52 of Miles of Smiles — what a way to mark it. Honoured to walk the Aberdeen Kiltwalk alongside @SportAberdeen and Don the Bull 🐂, putting smiles on faces every step. Well done to every Kiltwalker 👏 Still smiling. Still going. 💛 #MilesOfSmiles #Kiltwalk2026 #Week52

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

ONE YEAR. ZERO WEEKS MISSED. 💛🔴⚙️ Week 52 complete. 3,232km, 76 marathons, 8.85km/day. Aberdeen Parkrun as Iron Man. From grief to purpose. £4,268 raised for @SAMHtweets & @ClanNow . 30 weeks left. Every step carried by you. You are never alone.

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 51 of 82. Spiderman ran Hazlehead Park this morning. In the heat. 🕷️☀️

3,175 km. £4,268+. 244 cold showers. 55 cold dips.

For everyone fighting something nobody else can see.

You are never alone. 💛

#MilesOfSmiles #YouAreNeverAlone

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 50 of 82. 🌊 Ran Hazlehead Parkrun as a 1980s Baywatch lifeguard. Through actual forest. In Aberdeen. First Miles of Smiles visit — what a course, what a crowd, what a welcome. 3,103 km. 32 weeks to go. Still smiling. 💛 #MilesOfSmiles #HazleheadParkrun #SAMH

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

3,038 kilometres. Marischal College lit green. Lord Provost of Aberdeen. Lord Provost of Glasgow. Northsound 1. That’s TV. Original 106.

Week 49 of 82. This is what happens when people refuse to stay silent about mental health.

You are never alone. 💛🟢

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 49. Mental Health Awareness Week. @originalfm this morning.

The campaign isn’t about me. It never was.

It’s about everyone out there who needed someone to say: your struggle matters, and you are not alone.

[That’s TV Aberdeen @ThatsTVAberdeen]

"This started as a personal journey but had grown into something much bigger."

Marius Coste, the man behind the “Miles of Smiles” challenge raising awareness for mental health and cancer support, has reflected during Mental Health Awareness Week on his 82-week journey.

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

This week I had the honour of walking with Aberdeen’s Lord Provost, Dr David Cameron, past The Nook — SAMH’s new walk-in mental health hub opening June 2026. No appointment. No referral. For everyone. Week 49 of 82. Humbled. Grateful. 💙 #MilesOfSmiles

[Northsound News @northsoundnews]

With Mental Health Awareness Week underway, Aberdeen man Marius Coste continues his fancy dress runs across Scotland.

Miles of Smiles has raised £1000s for charities SAMH and Clan Cancer Support.

Marius tells our Senior Reporter @dgallowaysport why this week is so important.

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Tonight Superman stood in front of a green-lit Marischal College and cried.

49 weeks. Countless miles. 3 baby angels in my heart. This is for everyone battling mental health, cancer or silent pain — keep going. You are seen. 💚

#MilesOfSmiles

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Marischal College turns GREEN tonight 💚 49 weeks of Miles of Smiles — runs, cold dips, costumes — and Aberdeen is shining for SAMH & @ClanNow . You are seen. You are not alone. 🙏 #MilesOfSmiles #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 48 of 82. Superman at Aberdeen Parkrun. 🦸‍♂️💛

Marischal College lights up GREEN this Monday for Mental Health Awareness Week thanks to Miles of Smiles. 🟢

Alan Soutar Darts Charity Event raised £1,800 for SAMH & CLAN. Sold out. Incredible support. 🎯

2,987km | £4,248+ |

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

47 weeks in. Last night changed everything. A room full of people showing up for @SAMHtweets & @CLANCancerSupport. Huge thanks to Mark Anthony Taylor, Northern Golf Club, Alan Soutar, Graham Watson Photography & Serpy. Still running 💙

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 47. Batman at Aberdeen Parkrun. 💛
“Don’t let your struggle become your identity.”

People stopped. Some cried. One said, “I needed that.”

🏃 2,935 km | £3,338+ | 228 cold showers | 51 dips

For @SAMHtweets & @CLANCancerSupport
You are never alone 💛
#MilesOfSmile

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Month 11/19 💛
Letter from John Swinney.
Superman met Dundee’s Lord Provost.
Minion hit Tesco Montrose.
Grampian Hospital Radio gave us a voice.
Tinky Winky ran Parkrun.
Don the Bull (Sport Aberdeen) walked Glasgow w/ a glucose monitor.
2,915 km | £3,338 💛

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 46/82 🐂 Miles of Smiles x Sport Aberdeen in Glasgow. Don the Bull joined me—glucose monitor on, real inclusion shown. Smiles, hugs everywhere. 2,880km | £3,318 | 50 dips 💛 You are not alone #MilesOfSmiles

[Marius Coste @SmilesRunner]

Week 45. I ran Aberdeen Parkrun as Tinky Winky.
The first Teletubby. The largest. The leader. The one everyone laughed at.

Sound like anyone you know?

Keep carrying the bag. Keep showing up.

You are never, ever alone. 💛💜

#MilesOfSmiles #MentalHealth