Speaking to BBC Radio London ahead of the run, Nash said: “I just wanted to do something to remember him because… he was just such an amazing guy and did so much for me as another Australian living, living far away from home.”
“Chris really helped me with the settlement period. It was nice to have someone know what it was like to be so far from home and he had a huge impact on me as a person as well.”
Ramsey continued working while receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy at Guy’s Cancer Centre in south London.
“He was always still out on the pitch training, helping the academy kids and giving everything to his job,” Nash said.
The midnight marathon will take under the continuous daylight of the summer solstice.
In a twist, Nash discovered after choosing the race that Ramsey had run it years earlier.
“Chris actually ran this marathon early 20s,” Nash said. “So, the fact that he did it before, which I never knew, and it’s the week of his birthday is pretty crazy.”